The Chrome Creek Laterite is a nickel mine located in Curry 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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Chrome Creek Laterite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chrome Creek Laterite
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
Secondary: Cobalt
Secondary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Curry
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: Occurrence
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AN AVERAGE OF SEVEN SHALLOW HAND AUGER SAMPLES GAVE 0.69 % NI AND 0.88 % CR
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): AREA EXAMINED ONLY BRIEFLY IN THE FIELD.
Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE UNWEATHERED ROCK CONTENT OF SOIL IS ESTIMATED AT 45 % BY VOLUME . THE LATERITE COVERS ABOUT 200 ACRES AT A DEPTH OF 10 FEET.
Comment (Geology): NEAR WESTERN EDGE OF JOSEPHINE ULTRAMAFIC SHEET, ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THRUST-FAULT CONTACT WITH UNDERLYING DOTHAN FORMATION MARINE SEDIMENTS. ULTRAMAFICS CONSIST OF HARZBURGITE AND SERPENTINITE. AMPHIBORITE OF UNCERTAIN AGE, (POSSIBLY UPPER TRI AND EQUIVILENT TO BRIGGS VALLEY AMPHIBOLITE) OCCURS AS TECTONIC SLICE.
References
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 23
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P, 47
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