The Paradise No. 2 is a chromium mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,031 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: 3,031 Feet (924 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 42.21972, -123.41361
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Paradise No. 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Paradise No. 2
Secondary: G.P. #75
Secondary: Deer Creek Chrome No.1
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Iridium
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Ruthenium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hughes, Max E.
Years: 1957 -
Production
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1954-1958
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^42-48% Cr203 (Conc.)
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED, MASSIVE
Structure
Not available
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: RH=18 PPB.
Analytical Data: RU=200 PPB
Analytical Data: IR=70 PPB
Analytical Data: PD=4 PPB
Analytical Data: 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=19 PPB
Analytical Data: CR:FE RATIO IS 1.9
Analytical Data: CONCENTRATES=40.82% CR2O3, 14.09% FE
Analytical Data: 3.5 FT CHIP SAMPLE=28.76% CR2O3, 8.90% FE, 14.90% SIO2
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR HEADWATERS OF SOUTH FORK OF DEER CREEK. UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION. LAT/LONG GIVEN ARE FOR MINE SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP; UTM FOR THIS IS 4673750N, 465860E.
Comment (Production): MOST ORE LOW GRADE, HAD TO BE MIXED WITH HIGHER GRADE ORE FROM OTHER SOURCES
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL AND OPEN PIT
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK IS A SILL-LIKE, HIGHLY SHEARED SERPENTINE MASS IN SLATES AND METAVOLCANICS OF THE APPLEGATE GROUP. A HORNBLENDE DIORITE DIKE ON PORPERTY IS LESS THAN 8 FT THICK AND PARTLY ALTERED TO RODINGITE
Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATED AND MASSIVE ORE ARE PRESENT IN ABOUT EQUAL AMOUNTS, IN NARROW SINUOUS CHROMITE ZONE
References
Reference (Deposit): THAYER, T.P., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA.
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, N.J, JOHNSON, M.G., HAFFTY, JOSEPH, AND RAMP, LEN, 1975, OCCURRENCE OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF THE MEDFORD-COOS BAY 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-694, SCALE 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 100, TABLE 1.
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 137.
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.
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