The Black Beauty is a chromium mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 1,240 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: 1,240 Feet (378 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 42.3611, -123.77060
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Black Beauty MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Beauty
Secondary: Oregon Chrome Mine
Secondary: Robertson Mine
Secondary: Illinois River Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District
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.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Robertson, William S.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1975
Production
Year: 1958
Description: Total Tonnage Through 1958. 31918 Long Tons
Year: 1958
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson & J. G. Gallaher 1768 Long Tons
Year: 1957
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson & J. G. Gallaher 3807 Long Tons
Year: 1956
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson & J. G. Gallaher 4423 Long Tons
Year: 1955
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson & J. G. Gallaher 2227 Long Tons
Year: 1954
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson & J. G. Gallaher 689 Long Tons
Year: 1953
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson & J. G. Gallaher 310 Long Tons
Year: 1952
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson & J. G. Gallaher 445 Long Tons
Year: 1951
Description: Operator- J. G. Gallaher 15 Long Tons
Year: 1948
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson 2755 Long Tons
Year: 1946
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson 2383 Long Tons
Year: 1945
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson 2434 Long Tons
Year: 1944
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson 5358 Long Tons
Year: 1943
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson 739 Long Tons
Year: 1942
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson 171 Long Tons
Year: 1941
Description: Operator- S. Dilsheimer 34 Long Tons
Year: 1937
Description: Operator- Unknown 288 Long Tons
Year: 1918
Description: Operator- California Chrome Company 2909 Long Tons
Year: 1917
Description: Operator- California Chrome Company 1201 Long Tons
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Spinel
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Enstatite
Comments
Comment (Geology): CHROME TO IRON RATIO EQUALS Q TO 2.7.
Comment (Geology): TYPE OF ORE BODY IS PODIFORM. OREBODIES APPROXIMATELY 4.6M MAXIMUM IN THICKNESS, 45.7M IN LENGTH, AND 15M IN WIDTH. OREBODIES ARE LENS-SHAPED AND ARE ELLIPSOIDAL IN PLAN VIEW. ALTERATION TYPE IS SERPENTINIZATION.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): FLD OP FIRST QUARTER FY 1980 SHOWS NO DEPOSIT REPORT PLANNED. OWNER: WM. S. ROBERTSON OTHER NAMES: ROBERTSON MINE, ILLINOIS RIVER MINE, BLACK BEAUTY. DROPPED FROM EVALUATION DURING FY 1980
References
Reference (Deposit): PLATE 2, NO. 249.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 100, 1979,
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-694, 1975.
Reference (Deposit): P. 50-53.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 52, 1961,
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