The Pc 9 is a chromium mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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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
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 44.36639, -118.83556
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Pc 9 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pc 9
Secondary: Pine Creek Deposits
Secondary: Accident
Secondary: Miller Ranch On Quid Sheet
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Haight, Clinton P.
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: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES, STRINGERS, AND IRREGULAR BODIES
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: SILICA CONTENT ABOUT 4 %
Analytical Data: 50 TO 52 % OF CHROMIC OXIDE
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SERPENTINE IS THOROUGHLY JOINTED AND IS CUT IN MANY PLACES INTO LARGE BLOCKS BY 1 - INCH SEAMS OF CRUSHED SERPENTINE; COMPLETELY SHATTERED ALONG LINE OF ORE BODIES. MASSES OF ORE OCCUR IN SERPENTINE, APART FROM MAIN BODY .
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M014919) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): LODE, RICH, SOFT ORE
Comment (Workings): SURFACE OPEN CUT INTO HILLSIDE
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU MINES, 1943, CHROMIUM, JOHN DAY DIST., GRANT CO., OR: WAR MINERALS REPORT 49, 30 PAGES.
Reference (Deposit): OR DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND., 1941, OR METAL MINES HANDBOOK: BULL. 14-B, CANYON AREA, P. 29.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OR: 22ND ANNUAL-REPORT, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 2, PAGE 551-776.
Reference (Other Database): BLM ORMC 55462
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, C. E., THAYER, T. P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NE OR: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISC. INVEST. MAP I-447.
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