The Iron King Mine is a chromium mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 44.35333, -118.92278
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Iron King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron King Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest
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
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR AND ISOLATED LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 34 % OF CHROMIC OXIDE
Analytical Data: ORE IS HARD, TOUGH AND BRITTLE
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Aragonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION APPROXIMATELY 6500 TONS.
Comment (Workings): OPEN QUARRY, TUNNEL, AND SMALL OPEN PITS. TOTAL PRODUCTION APPROXIMATELY 6500 TONS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TABULAR ORE BODY IS BOUND ON WEST BY SEVERAL FAULTS; LIES NEARLY HORIZONTAL AND DIPS GENTLY TO THE NORTH. ORE IS SHEARED, FAULTED AND BROKEN. BANDING IS INDISTINCT. ORE HAS UNDERGONE MOVEMENT SINCE EMPLACEMENT.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD ( W017039 ) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 27 - 28
Reference (Deposit): 1942 DIREXPL USBM REF.
Reference (Deposit): HUNDHAUSEN, R.J. AND OTHERS, 1956, EXPLORATION AND UTILIZATION STUDIES, JOHN DAY CHROMITES, OREGON; USBM INV. REPT. 5238, P.9, 15
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, J. E., 1938 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 9 , P. 55
Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON, U. S. G. S. BULL. 725 - A, P. 49 .
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