The Prospectors Dream is a iridium, rhodium, chromium, platinum, palladium, and ruthenium mine located in Curry county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,281 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: 3,281 Feet (1,000 Meters)
Commodity: Iridium, Rhodium, Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Ruthenium
Lat, Long: 42.27722, -123.85361
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Prospectors Dream MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prospectors Dream
Commodity
Primary: Iridium
Primary: Rhodium
Primary: Chromium
Primary: Platinum
Primary: Palladium
Primary: Ruthenium
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Pearsoll Peak Area
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: Mc Caleb, Mrs. B. A.
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
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: LENS, WISPS, SCHLIEREN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Several Small Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partly Serpentinized
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IR=50 PPB
Analytical Data: PD=<4 PPB
Analytical Data: 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=<10 PPB
Analytical Data: ORE REPORTED TO ASSAY ABOUT 42% CR2O3
Analytical Data: RU=200 PPB
Analytical Data: RH=13 PPB.
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Aragonite
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Location): IN KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS IN SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION. TOPO MAP DOES NOT SHOW A PROSPECT NEAR THIS AREA
Comment (Production): ORE WAS TAKEN OUT BY PACK ANIMAL
Comment (Development): ESSENTIALLY NO DEVELOPMENT. PRODUCTION IN 1942?
Comment (Deposit): OFFSET SEGMENTS OF A SINGLE LAYER PRODUCED SEVERAL LENS-SHAPED SEGMENTS. ODGMI'S MILOC FILE INDICATES DISSEMINATED ORE ALSO PRESENT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TREND OF CR LENSES APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL TO CONTACT OF DUNITE & HORNBLENDE DIORITE
Comment (Commodity): CHROMITE IS MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAINED
References
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, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1979, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, TABLE 7.
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, N.J, MILLER, M.S., GRIMES, D.J., LEINZ, R.W., BLAKELY, R.J., LIPIN, B.R., FOOSE, M.P., AND GRAY, FLOYD, 1982, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL MAP OF THE KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1240-E, SCALE 1:62,500.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): PAGE AND OTHERS, 1982
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.
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 104.
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