The Last Chance and Spider Group 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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Last Chance and Spider Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Chance and Spider Group
Secondary: Mot Claim
Secondary: Illustrator
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): ABOUT 35 LONG TONS OF CONCENTRATES WERE PRODUCED FROM THESE PROPERTIES IN THE PERIOD 1955-1957.
Comment (Location): A NUMBER OF SEPARATELY HELD CLAIMS ON THE HILL ABOVE THE HAGGARD AND NEW
References
Reference (Deposit): 1958 COMPIL ODGMI FILE
Reference (Deposit): U S BUREAU OF MINES MILS RECORDS
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