The Basey Chromite Deposit is a chromium mine located in Jackson county, Oregon at an elevation of 6,079 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: 6,079 Feet (1,853 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 42.04333, -122.83556
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Basey Chromite Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Basey Chromite Deposit
Secondary: Black Warrior
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
District: Red Mountain
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1943
Material type: ?
Description: Ap_Grade: ^35% Cr2o3
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1954 50% CR2O3
Material type: ?
Description: Ap_Grade: ^37% Cr2o3
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1942-1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^38.7% Cr203 (Weighted Average)
Year: 1944
Material type: ?
Description: Ap_Grade: ^39% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Anthophyllite
Comments
Comment (Production): ORE REMAINING RANGES 5 TO 40% DISSEMINATED CR.
Comment (Deposit): NW FAULT CUTS OFF ORE TO NORTH
Comment (Geology): HR.AGE.MV: METAPERIDO
Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBERS (M013853) AND (M061738) HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): THAYER, T.P., 1974, UNPUBLISHED DATA
Reference (Deposit): FERNS, M.L., 1979, PETROLOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF THE WRANGLE GAP-RED MOUNTAIN ULTRAMAFIC BODY; UNIV. OREGON MS THESIS, 124PP.
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P.
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