The Red Mountain Mines is a chromium mine located in Jackson county, Oregon at an elevation of 6,558 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: 6,558 Feet (1,999 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 42.06167, -122.83861
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Red Mountain Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Mountain Mines
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Iridium
Tertiary: Ruthenium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Jackson
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: Rogue River National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. H. Lewis, Carl W. Clark
Years: 1961 -
Owner Name: Everett Mctimmonds And James Stinebaugh
Years: 1954 -
Production
Year: 1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^50% Cr2o3 (Conc.)
Year: 1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^54% Cr2o3
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1954-1955
Material type: TOTAL
Description: Cp_Grade: ^52.88% Cr2o3 (Weighted Average Grade)
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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
Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)
Orebody
Form: PODS OF MASSIVE ORE, IRREGULAR STRINGERS, DISSEMINATED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Chromite Ore Bodies Are Highly Fractured
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Malachite, Calcite, Chrome Chlorite On Fractures
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=12 PPB
Analytical Data: ONE SHIPMENT REPORTEDLY ASSAYED 55.57% CR2O3 WITH A 3.92 CR/FE RATIO
Analytical Data: RH=23 PPB.
Analytical Data: RU=300 PPB
Analytical Data: IR=100 PPB
Analytical Data: PD=<4 PPB
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SMALL CUTS AND TRENCHES, A DRIFT
Comment (Commodity): CHROMITE IS COARSE
Comment (Location): UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION. LAT/LONG GIVEN IS FOR ADIT SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP IN SE/4 SEC. 29; UTM FOR THIS IS 4656420N, 513360E.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD M013851 AND M013852 HAVE BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.
Comment (Geology): THE ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS HAVE BEEN RECRYSTALLIZED. DUNITE IS BLOCKY. CHROMITE-COUNTRY ROCK CONTACTS ARE SHARP ; GEOL.DESC: DUNITE GRADES INTO PERIDOTITE
References
Reference (Deposit): THAYER, T.P., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, N.J, JOHNSON, M.G., HAFFTY, JOSEPH, AND RAMP, LEN, 1975, OCCURRENCE OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF THE MEDFORD-COOS BAY 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-694, SCALE 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): FERNS, M.L., 1979, PETROLOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF THE WRANGLE GAP-RED MOUNTAIN ULTRAMAFIC BODY: EUGENE, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, MS THESIS, 125 P.
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 89-90.
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.
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