The Black Bear No. 1 & 2 is a chromium mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,700 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: 2,700 Feet (823 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 42.01694, -123.81028
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Black Bear No. 1 & 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Bear No. 1 & 2
Secondary: Black Bear Chrome
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Secondary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Ruthenium
Tertiary: Iridium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Waldo 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: Myrtle Creek Mining Co.
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: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RH=16 PPB.
Analytical Data: RU=200 PPB
Analytical Data: IR=20 PPB
Analytical Data: PD=<4 PPB
Analytical Data: 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=<10 PPB
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Olivine
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL LARGE BULLDOZER CUTS
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK HAS BEEN SERPENTINIZED
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION. LAT/LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROSPECT SYMBOLS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP AT SHARP TURN IN TRAIL; UTM FOR THIS IS 4651700N, 432980E.
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL BANDS OF DISSEMINATED CHROMITE LESS THAN 4 IN. WIDE. ODGMI'S MILOC FILE INDICATES PRESENCE OF MASSIVE ORE AS WELL.
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 QUADRANGLES, 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. 157.
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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