The Dirty Face is a chromium mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,100 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,100 Feet (640 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 42.32528, -123.79083
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Dirty Face MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dirty Face
Secondary: Happy Jack
Secondary: Burro
Secondary: Peach
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Illinois River
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
Year: 1944
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^39. % Cr2o3
Year: 1943
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^35. % Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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
Form: FLOAT
Structure
Type: L
Description: Landslide
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS ON MASSIVE CHROMITE SHOWED 49.1% CR2O3
Analytical Data: 13.82% FE
Analytical Data: 18.5% FE, AND 48.86% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M015290) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE
Comment (Production): MAINLY FROM BURRO CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): LANDSLIDE
References
Reference (Deposit): THAYER, T. P., 1974, UNPUBL. DATA
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P.
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