The Babyfoot is a chromium mine located in Curry county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,451 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: 3,451 Feet (1,052 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 42.23722, -123.81694
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Babyfoot MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Babyfoot
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Babyfoot-Little Chetco
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: 1943
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^52. % Cr2o3
Year: 1958
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^46. % Cr2o3
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1951-1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^48% Cr2o3 3.1 Cr:Fe
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, LENS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shearing In Serpentine & Alignment Of Chromite Lenses Conform To Attitude Of Argillite
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH GRADE ORE, PICKED SAMPLES FREE FROM GANGUE ASSAYED ABOUT 52% CR2O3, WITH 3.4:1 CR:FE RATIO
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): MOSTLY IN MINED FROM FLOAT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MAIN CR OCCURRENCE PARALLELS THE FAULTED CONTACT OF SERPENTINE & FOOT WALL OF ARGILLITE
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M013217) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Comment (Deposit): LENS OF ORE WIDELY SEPARATED & SMALL; LARGE BOULDERS OF CHROMITE TO 3 FT. DIAM
References
Reference (Deposit): THAYER, T. P., 1974, UNPUBL. DATA
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.30
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L., 1975, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UPPER CHETCO DRAINAGE AREA, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 88, P.25
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P.
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