Kingsley Mine

The Kingsley Mine is a chromium mine located in Grant county, Oregon.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Kingsley Mine  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 44.36583, -118.88250

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Kingsley Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Kingsley Mine
Secondary: Wm.W. Gardner Claim


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1957
Time Period: 1957
Material type: CONC.(CR)
Description: Cp_Grade: ^48% Cr203


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: PARALLEL STRINGERS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Dunite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Dunite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYS AVERAGED 45 % OF CHROMIC OXIDE


Materials

Ore: Chromite


Comments

Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SW 1/4

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: STRINGERS ARE IRREGULAR AND BUNCHY, FROM A FEW INCHES TO 5 FT. WIDE. IMPERFECTLY BANDED SPOTTED ORE FOUND 50 FT SW. OF MAIN WORKINGS.

Comment (Workings): EXPLORED FOR 100 FT. ALONG STRIKE AND 35 FT VERTICALLY BY OPEN CUT AND 4 TUNNELS. 200 TONS SHIPPED. DURING 1917-1919

Comment (Production): 200 TONS SHIPPED. DURING 1917-1919

Comment (Deposit): BLACK TO SPOTTY CHROMITE


References

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK,1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 28

Reference (Production): ODGMI FILES

Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, J. E., 1938 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 9 P. 56


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