The Ward Mine is a chromium mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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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
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Ward Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ward Mine
Secondary: B & J
Secondary: Olson
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Asbestos
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: 1956-1957
Material type: CONC.(CR)
Description: Cp_Grade: ^47% Cr203
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Podiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: MASSIVE BLACK ORE, SPOTTED ORE, AND NODULAR ORE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGED 38 - 45 % CHROMIC OXIDE
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Chrysotile
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 TONS OF ORE (1941)
Comment (Location): SE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): USGS RECORD ( W017040 ) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: EAST END OF ORE BODY WAS FAULTED OFF AGAINST OLIVINITE; WEST END PINCHED AND FADED OUT INTO BARREN DUNITE. WELL-DEVELOPED VERTICAL PLANAR BANDING PARALLEL TO WALLS. EVIDENCE OF POST CHROMITE PEGMATITIC ACTIVITY IS REVEALED BY DUMP SPECIMENS THAT CONTAIN BRECCIATED CHROMITE ENCLOSED IN VERY COARSE-GRAINED PYROXENE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 38
Reference (Production): 1956-1957 PRODUCTION RECORD FROM ODGMI FILES
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, J. E., 1938 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL 9 , P. 55
Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , CHROMITE IN THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIF. AND ORE: USGS BULL. 725 - A, P. 48 .
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