Liberty Chrome

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

Name: Liberty Chrome  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

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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