The Illinois River Sulfide Occurrence is a copper and nickel mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 400 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: 400 Feet (122 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Nickel
Lat, Long: 42.43, -124.01028
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Illinois River Sulfide Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Illinois River Sulfide Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Nickel
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Underground
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
Form: DISSEMINATED, MASSIVE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Slices Of Ophiolitic And Island-Arc Rocks
Type: L
Description: Steeply Dipping Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pyroxenite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 310-740 PPM NI, 1,600-4,900 PPM CU,76-340 PPM CO, 50-150 PPB PT, 200-500 PPB PD, 100-700 PPB AU IN 5 SULFIDE-RICH ROCK SAMPLES. OTHER ANALYSES FOUND IN FOOSE
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pentlandite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN ILLINOIS NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVER
Comment (Deposit): DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE OF LARGEST MASSIVE POD; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: ACOJE NI-CU-PGE?.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, N.J, AND OTHERS, 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS AREA, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1240-A, SCALE 1:62,500.
Reference (Deposit): FOOSE, M.P., 1986, SETTING OF A MAGMATIC SULFIDE OCCURRENCE IN A DISMEMBERED OPHIOLITE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1626-A, 23 P.
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