The Pearsoll Peak is a chromium mine located in Curry county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 42.29694, -123.84611
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Pearsoll Peak MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pearsoll Peak
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Pearsoll Peak
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
Owner Name: Foster, Ernest
Production
Year: 1957
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^49. % Cr2o3 (Conc.)
Year: 1952
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^47. % Cr2o3
Year: 1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^53. % Cr2o3 (Conc.)
Year: 1953
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^49. % Cr2o3
Year: 1953
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^47. % Cr2o3
Year: 1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^46. % Cr2o3 (Conc)
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past 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: SCATTERED LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentized
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 11.86% FE
Analytical Data: MASSIVE ORE ASSAYED 48.35% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): REPORTEDLY ABOUT 250 TONS OF 23% CR2O3 WAS CONCENTRATED TO 95 TONS OF ABOUT 52% CR2O3 & 13% FE
Comment (Workings): TWO SHORT ADITS AND AN OPEN CUT. REPORTEDLY ABOUT 250 TONS OF 23% CR2O3 WAS CONCENTRATED TO 95 TONS OF ABOUT 52% CR2O3 & 13% FE
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M015308) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 19778 GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.31
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1240-E, MAP NO. 5.
Reference (Production): THAYER FILES & RAMP, 1961
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P.
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