The Rough and Ready Outwash is a chromium and nickel mine located in Josephine county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Rough and Ready Outwash MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rough and Ready Outwash
Secondary: Part of the Rough and Ready Group
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Primary: Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Siskiyou National 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
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone - Fault Contact
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ODGMI CALCULATED GRADE OF SOIL AND FINES IS 0.45 % NI, 1 % CR, 0.03% CO.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): AREA UNDERLAIN BY SERPENTINIZED HARZBURGITE OF JOSEPHINE ULTRAMAFIC SHEET, IN FAULT CONTACT WITH UPPER JURASSIC GALICE FORMATION. FAULT IS VERTICAL AND STRIKES ABOUT N. 20 E. LATERITE IS REMNANT OF OLD UPLAND WEATHERED SURFACE.
Comment (Deposit): ALLUVIAL OUTWASH DEPOSIT OF PERIDOTITE BOULDERS, SAND, GRAVEL, AND SOIL; ESTIMATED VOLUME OF UNWEATHERED ROCK IS 90 %.
References
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 35 - 36
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, P.37
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