The Cedar Springs Laterite is a nickel, cobalt, and chromium mine located in Curry county, Oregon.
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:
Commodity: Nickel, Cobalt, Chromium
Lat, Long: 42.04444, -123.85167
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Cedar Springs Laterite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cedar Springs Laterite
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
Primary: Cobalt
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Curry
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: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADE APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 0.60 % NI, 0.07 % CO, AND 1.30 % CR
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ESTIMATED AMT. OF UNWEATHERED RX IN SOIL IS ESTIMATED TO BE 45 % BY VOLUME
Comment (Geology): AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY PARTLY SERPENTINIZED HARZBURGITE, WITH SOME DUNITE AND SERPENTINITE. MAIN AREA OF LATERITIC SOIL LIES SW OF CONTACT WITH LARGE COMPLEX DIORITIC BODY.
References
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 20 - 22
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.47
Reference (Deposit): 1975 DIREXPL LEN RAMP - SEVEN HAND-AUGER SAMPLES
Reference (Deposit): 1977 DIREXPL INSPIRATION DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES
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