The Record 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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Record MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Record
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: North Fork (?)
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Umatilla National Forest
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: SMALL CONCENTRATIONS AND IRREGULAR, DISCONTINUOUS BANDS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Sheared And Slickensided Serpentine
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DISSEMINATED ORE, EVEN WHEN WELL-SORTED, DOES NOT RUN OVER 10 % IN CHROMIC OXIDE.
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Workings): A SERIES OF SHALLOW PITS HAS BEEN DUG ALONG ROUGHLY N-S LINE FOR DISTANCE OF ABOUT 800 FT.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): LARGEST OF HIGH-GRADE BODIES COULD ONLY RUN A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS AT MOST; NO ASSURANCE OF ANY CONTINUITY OF BANDED ORE IS INDICATED.
Comment (Location): SW 1/4
Comment (Deposit): SOFT, BLACK, FINE-GRAINED CHROMITE
References
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, J. E., 1938 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 9 , P. 68
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