The Smith River Nickel Deposit is a mine located in Curry county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,320 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: 2,320 Feet (707 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 42.0147, -123.97670
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Smith River Nickel Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Smith River Nickel Deposit
Secondary: Smith River Laterite
Secondary: Cedar Creek
Commodity
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Chetco
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: Unknown
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1975
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: Talc
Unknown: Wad
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Kaolin
Unknown: Garnierite
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Chalcedony
Comments
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 70/30 ROCK TO S RATIO. RECORD 080 STRIKE= LONGESTDIMENSION OF ZONE,DIP DOESN RECORD 130- COVER DESCRIPTION DOES NOT APPLY. RECORD 080- FOR FOUR SMALL LATERITE BODIES WITHIN LARGE ZONE. MINE CAP EQUIP 140M WORK CAP 20M EXP 0 DEV 0 ACQ 0 LEAD TIME TAILS FROM NI-CO PLANT 136 MT AT 2.33% 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 $387,174. PLU DAY OPERATING EXPENSE $76,010. FOR TOTAL CAPITAL $463,184.
References
Reference (Deposit): P. 39-40.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MISC. PAPER 20, 1978,
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 93, 1977, P. 49.
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