The Onion Mountain Nickel is a nickel mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,301 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: 3,301 Feet (1,006 Meters)
Commodity: Nickel
Lat, Long: 42.465, -123.57667
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Onion Mountain Nickel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Onion Mountain Nickel
Secondary: Pack Trail
Secondary: Cobalt Blue
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
Secondary: Cobalt
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
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
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.50 % CU
Analytical Data: 0.25 - 0.32 % CO
Analytical Data: ASSAYS RAN 0.14 - 6.71 % NI
Materials
Ore: Garnierite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Workings): CUTS, TRENCHES
Comment (Location): SW 1/4
Comment (Geology): SHEAR ZONE IN SERPENTINE CONTAINS THIN LENSES OF MAGNETITE, STRINGERS OF PYRRHOTITE AND COATINGS OF GARNIERITE
References
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L., 1978, INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON; ODGMI MISC. PAPER 20, P.62
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P
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