The Free and Easy Nickel Deposit is a nickel mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,300 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: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)
Commodity: Nickel
Lat, Long: 42.2183, -123.71080
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Free and Easy Nickel Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Free and Easy Nickel Deposit
Secondary: Free and Easy Laterite
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
Secondary: Cobalt
Secondary: Chromium
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: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Inter American Nickel
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
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: Garnierite
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Wad
Unknown: Talc
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Names): OTHER NAMES:FREE AND EASY LATERITE. DROPPED FROM EVALUATION DURING FY 1980
Comment (Deposit): RECORDS 060,070,080- LATERITIC SOIL COMPOSED OF HYDROUS FE CLAY MINERALS,WAD AND POSS. GAR- NIERITE WITH RESIDUAL QTZ. CHROMITE AND ETC.-RECORD 060 S.G.CALC. FOR A 30/70 ROCK TO S RATIO. RECORD 080 STRIKE= LONGESTDIMENSION OF BODY,DIP DOESN RECORD 130-COVER DESCRIPTION DOES NOT APPLY. MINE CAP EQUIP 200M WORK CAP 32M ACQ 0 EXP 0 DEV 0 LEAD TIME TAILS FROM NI-CO PLANT 272 MT AT 1.80% CR2O3 IS FEED GRAVITY THIS FEED -1/4 INCH SO NO CRUSH +BIN+CONVEY+SCREEN COSTS INC IN CHROMITE CAPITAL COST MADE UP GRAVITY PLANT $516,214. PLU DAY OPERATING EXPENSE $104,040 FOR TOTAL CAPITAL $620,254.
References
Reference (Deposit): P. 31.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MISC. PAPER 20, 1978,
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