The Red Elephant Prospect is a chromium mine located in Baker 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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Red Elephant Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Elephant Prospect
Secondary: Hiller Chrome Mine
Secondary: Lyons Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman 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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Middle Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SILICA-CARBONATE ZONE AVERAGES 0.235% NI
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON ADIT SYMBOL
Comment (Production): APPROXIMATELY 80 TONS OF 47% CR2O3 ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1917-1918.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD (M014083) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE
Comment (Geology): CHROMITE LENSES OCCUR IN A BLOCK OF SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE. SLIGHTLY ANAMOLOUS MERCURY AND NICKEL CONCENTRATIONS OCCUR IN SILICA-CARBONATE ZONES ALONG THE MARGINS OF THE SERPENTINE BODY.
References
Reference (Deposit): FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, BULL. 55, 223 P.
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1945, USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): LOWERY, W.D., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE IRONSIDE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, ODGMI OPEN FILE REPORT, P. 71. & 5)RAMP, L., 1978, INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON, ODGMI MISC. PAPER 20., P. 60.
Reference (Deposit): 1942 RECON ODGMI FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1963 COMPIL ODGMI REF. 1
Reference (Deposit): 1978 COMPIL ODGMI REF. 5
Reference (Production): ODGMI FILES
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