The George Len Lode 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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George Len Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: George Len Lode
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: SPOTTED GRADING INTO MASSIVE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE ABOUT 35 - 36 % CHROMIC OXIDE
Materials
Ore: Uvarovite
Ore: Antigorite
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): RENAMED GEORGE LEN CODE - BLM MIN REPORT IN TP FILE - AS A RESULT OF PATENT APPLICATION & USGS RECORD (W017037) AND CONSV. RECORD (M014920) HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Comment (Deposit): IN PLACES IT SHOWS RUDE PLANAR BANDING
Comment (Workings): 30 FT. TUNNEL; AND GLORY HOLE 10 X 70 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE HAS A PLATY CHARACTER CAUSED BY ITS BEING GENERALLY BROKEN BY JOINTS WHICH ARE OFTEN PROMINENT IN ONE DIRECTION.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 21 - 22 .
Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON, U.S.G.S. BULL. 725 - A, P. 47 .
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, J. E., 1938 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 9 , P. 60 .
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