The Allen Nickel Prospect is a nickel mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Allen Nickel Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Allen Nickel Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Cracker Creek
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: Wallowa-Whitman 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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Physiographic Detail: Blue Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hornfelsed Ultramafics
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Middle Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. OF 5 SAMPLES GIVES 0.26 % NI ANALYSES INDICATE NO ENRICHMENT IN NICKEL
Materials
Gangue: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A FEW SMALL OPEN CUTS AND A SHORT ADIT
Comment (Geology): PROSPECT IS IN A SHEARED LENTICULAR SERPENTINITE BODY ABOUT 1500 FEET WIDE AND 3000 FEET LONG, LYING BETWEEN QUARTZ DIORITE AND ELKHORN RIDGE ARGILLITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): RAMP L., 1978, INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON; ODGMI MISC. PAPER 20, P. 59
Reference (Deposit): FERNS, M.L. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MT. IRELAND QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRAA G3 82 01
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