The Gardner Mine is a chromium mine located in Curry county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,921 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: 3,921 Feet (1,195 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 42.1975, -123.98083
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Gardner Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gardner Mine
Secondary: 3 Claims: 4th of July
Secondary: Swede
Secondary: Susie
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Ruthenium
Tertiary: Iridium
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Palladium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Sourdough-Vulcan 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1952-1958
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^45-50% Cr2o3
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
Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS, LENS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Highly Sheared; Thrusting, Normal Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Metamorphic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Mafic Metamorphic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RH=22 PPB.
Analytical Data: RU=400 PPB
Analytical Data: IR=100 PPB
Analytical Data: 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=16 PPB, PD=16 PPB
Analytical Data: COMPOSITE SAMPLE OF HIGH GRADE FROM 4TH OF JULY CLAIM ASSAYED 50.2% CR2O3, 2.9 CR:FE, TALCOSE ORE FROM SWEDE CLAIM ASSAYED 40.26% CR2O3, 9.91% FE
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. IN KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS IN SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST. UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION. LAT/LONG GIVEN ARE FOR ADIT SYMBOL LABELED GARDNER MINE ON TOPO MAP; UTM FOR THIS IS 4671940N, 419020E.
Comment (Deposit): 2-3 SEPARATE LAYERS IN A ZONE 30-50 FT WIDE. LOW-GRADE DISSEMINATED ORE PRESENT AT DEPTH
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT IS 50 FT DEEP. 200 FT SHALLOW CUT ON SWEDE CLAIM. ADIT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP
Comment (Geology): HORNBLENDE DIORITE IS NORTH OF DEPOSIT
References
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 OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 98-99.
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, P. 30.
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.
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