The Nichols Prospect is a chromium mine located in Josephine county, Oregon.
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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
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Nichols Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nichols Prospect
Secondary: Red Hill
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Central Illinois River
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: 1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^50. % Cr2o3, 53. % Cr2o3 (Conc.)
Year: 1958
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^49. % Cr2o3
Year: 1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^44. % Cr2o3
Year: 1956
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^47. % Cr2o3
Year: 1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^44. % Cr2o3
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
Structure
Type: L
Description: Sheared
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): RAMP SAYS BOTH HIGH GRADE & LOW GRADE ORE MINED
Comment (Deposit): SMALL CLOSELY SPACED SUPER IMPOSED LENSES
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M013641) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Comment (Commodity): ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED COPPER SULFIDES
References
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L., 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 52, P.37
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