The Norway Mine is a chromium mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Norway Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Norway Mine
Secondary: Smith Mine
Secondary: Geitsfield Mine
Secondary: Potato Patch Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Podiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: MASSIVE HIGH GRADE TO SPOTTED LOW GRADE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGED 35 % OF CHROMIC OXIDE
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Aragonite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4
Comment (Production): 970 TONS AND OVER 1000 TONS OF FLOAT RECOVERED
Comment (Workings): AT PROSPECT SW OF NORWAY 2 SHAFTS WERE SUNK 25 FT. APART. AT NORWAY, MINING CONSISTS OF RECOVERING FLOAT FROM SURFACE DIRT - 3 ACRES WORKED 970 TONS AND OVER 1000 TONS OF FLOAT RECOVERED
Comment (Deposit): CONSV. RECORD (M014881) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND REMOVED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AT SMITH & GEITSFIELD, CHROMITE CONTACTS ARE SLICKENSIDED; IN ONE OPENING CHROMITE IS SHEARED OUT IN SMALL LENSES ALONG A FAULT ZONE. AT NORWAY, AS LOOSE MANTLE ROCK IS WORKED FOR FLOAT, OUTCROPS OF VEINLIKE BODIES AT SURFACE OF BEDROCKS ARE EXPOSED. THESE LIE IN TWO BELTS, WHICH MAKE A V OPENING TO THE NORTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 32 - 33 .
Reference (Production): ODGMI BULL 14 - B, P. 33
Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL 725 - A, P. 49 .
Reference (Deposit): THAYER, T. P., 1940 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, ORE: USGS BULL 922 - D, P. 110 .
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