The Present Need is a chromium mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Present Need MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Present Need
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon
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
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: MAY BE KIDNEY SHAPED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 51 % CHROMIC OXIDE
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): MASSIVE, FAULTED APHANITIC DUNITE.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ABOUT 1000 FEET SOUTH OF THE HAGGARD AND NEW
Comment (Workings): SHORT TUNNEL AND PARALLEL OPEN CUT 10 FT. EXTEND INTO THE HILL FOR ABOUT 30 OR 40 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 34 - 35
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, J. E., 1938 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 9 , P. 59
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