The Liberty Chrome is a palladium, nickel, copper, platinum, and chromium mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 6,152 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,152 Feet (1,875 Meters)
Commodity: Palladium, Nickel, Copper, Platinum, Chromium
Lat, Long: 44.33056, -118.73611
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Liberty Chrome MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Liberty Chrome
Secondary: Province Chrome Lode
Secondary: Campbell
Secondary: Last Chance
Commodity
Primary: Palladium
Primary: Nickel
Primary: Copper
Primary: Platinum
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon City District
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: Malheur Natioal Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Physiographic Detail: Blue Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)
Orebody
Form: PODS AND LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 33.2% CR2O3, 0.16% NI. STOCKPILE SAMPLE ASSAYED 22.7% CR2O3, 0.17% NI, 0.14% CU, 0.002 OZ/TON PT. TWO SAMPLES FROM STOCKPILE ASSAYED 8.3 AND 18.7% CR2O3 AND 0.22% NI EACH. ANOTHER SAMPLE HAD 0.02 OZ/TON PT, 33.8% CR2O3, O.25% NI. CONCENTRATE FROM LAST SAMPLE YEILDED CR:FE = 1.87:1
Analytical Data: 12% CR, 0.16% NI
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Workings): PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS M046809, M046808.
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS IN SADDLE SOUTHEAST OF SHEEP ROCK ADJACENT TO JEEP TRAIL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP
Comment (Deposit): 6 IN. WIDE CHROMITE BANDS OCCUR IN A 10 FT WIDE CR-BEARING ZONE
Comment (Geology): NARROW LENS OF CHROMITE-RICH SERPENTINE AND SERPENTINIZED PYROXENITE
References
Reference (Deposit): THAYER, T.P., 1940, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-D, P. 108-109.
Reference (Deposit): STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1977, ECONOMIC APPARISAL OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-420, P. 91-93.
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