The Rough and Ready Creek is a chromium and nickel mine located in Josephine 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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Rough and Ready Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rough and Ready Creek
Secondary: Part of the Rough and Ready Group
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Primary: Nickel
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CALCULATED AVERAGE GRADE SOIL AND SAPROLITE IS 0.80 % NI AND 1.06 % CR.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ESTIMATED QUANTITY OF ROCK IN SOIL IS 35 % BY VOLUME
Comment (Deposit): PART OF BENCH GRAVEL AREA ALONG ROUGH AND READY CREEK WAS WORKED TO A SMALL EXTENT IN EARLY DAYS BY GOLD PLACER MINERS WHO RECOVERED SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND PLATINUM METALS.
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 (Location): SW 1/4
References
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 35 - 37
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P
Reference (Deposit): 1968 DIREXPL COMINCO-AMERICAN, INC. TRENCHING, AUGERING; MAPPING BY AREAL PHOTOGRAPHY.
Reference (Deposit): 1973 DIREXPL INSPIRATION DEVELOPMENT COMPANY EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION
Reference (Deposit): 1977 DIREXPL USBM BACKHOE SAMPLING
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