Silver's

The Silver's is a chromium mine located in Grant 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

Name: Silver's  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 44.44, -119.02000

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Silver's MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver's
Secondary: Silver Lease


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Mt Vernon District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Podiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: BANDS AND IRREGULAR BODIES OF CHROMITE


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE APPEARS TO BE 30 % TO 45 % CHROMIC OXIDE.


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): DEPOSIT IS BY NO MEANS EXHAUSTED, SINCE ORE APPEARS PROMINENTLY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM IN WEST FACE OF GLORY HOLE.

Comment (Location): WEST EDGE OF SEC.

Comment (Production): 700 TONS OF ORE.

Comment (Deposit): RECORD ( M014871 ) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Comment (Workings): GLORY HOLE 30 - 40 FT. DEEP. 700 TONS OF ORE.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: NORTH-TRENDING GABBROID DIKE LIES TO EAST OF DEPOSIT. THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE FAULTING & SLICKENSIDING, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE MINING TOO DIFFICULT.


References

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL 14-B, P. 36 - 37

Reference (Reserve-Resource): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL 14-B, P. 66

Reference (Deposit): THAYER, T. P., 1940 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, ORE.: USGS BULL. 922-D, P. 110 .

Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, J. E., 1938 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 9 , P. 66


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