The Sad Sack is a chromium mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,520 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,520 Feet (1,073 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 42.42861, -123.71972
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Sad Sack MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sad Sack
Secondary: Black Princess
Secondary: Nigger
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Chrome Ridge
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: Robertson, W.S., and Associates
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Grants Pass, OR
Info Year: 1957
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: 1951-1957
Material type: ORE (CR)
Description: Cp_Grade: ^43% Cr2o3 To 51% Cr2o3
Year: 1957
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^44. % Cr2o3, 3.0 Cr, Fe
Year: 1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^44. % Cr2o3 (Conc)
Year: 1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^44. % Cr2o3
Year: 1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^46. % Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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: LENS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shearing
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY 47.45% CR2O3, 9.89% FE, FROM MASSIVE CHROMITE WITH CALCITE VEINLETS
Analytical Data: SIMILAR SAMPLE WITH ASSOCIATED SERPENTINE - 39.04% CR2O3, 9.78% FE
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): Cumulative Prod. Listed For Black Princess, Annual Production For Sad Sack, Same Operators Very Likely Same Mine.
Comment (Geology): Geol.Desc: In Narrow Faulted Strip Of Serpentine Bounded By Rogue Fm.
Comment (Deposit): Record Number (M013468) Has Been Merged With This Record And Deleted From The Oregon File.
References
Reference (Deposit): Ramp, L. And Peterson, N.V., 1979, Geology And Mineral Resources Of Josephine County, Oregon; ODGMI Bulletin 100, 45p
Reference (Deposit): Ramp, Len, 1961, Chromite In Southwestern Oregon: Oregon Dept. Geology And Mineral Ind. Bulletin 52, 169 P.
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