The Prospect South of Vulcan Peak is a chromium mine located in Curry 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: Chromium
Lat, Long: 42.16194, -123.98139
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Prospect South of Vulcan Peak MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prospect South of Vulcan Peak
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Rhodium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Curry
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
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
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: UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Serpentinite Is Mostly Blocky Rather Than Sheared
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Harzburgite Is Partly Serpentinized And Foliated
Rocks
Name: Harzburgite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Harzburgite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IR, RU NOT ANALYZED
Analytical Data: RH=7 PPB
Analytical Data: PD=20 PPB
Analytical Data: 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=100 PPB
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): CADASTRAL COORDINATES ESTIMATED, AREA UNSURVEYED. IN KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION; TOPO MAP SHOWS NO PROSPECTS IN AREA.
Comment (Commodity): PAGE AND OTHERS (1975) REPORTED OTHER PGE ANALYSES IN GENERAL AREA. THEY ARE NOT RECORDED AS SEPARATE MRDS ENTRIES
Comment (Geology): VULCAN PEAK IS CONSIDERED AN ALPINE TYPE PERIDOTITE WITHIN THE JOSEPHINE OPHIOLITE
References
Reference (Deposit): HIMMELBERG, G.R., AND LONEY, R.A., 1973, PETROLOGY OF THE VULCAN PEAK ALPINE-TYPE PERIDOTITE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 84, P. 1585-1600.
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 DEG QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-694, SCALE 1:250,000.
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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