The Chrome Ridge Deposits is a chromium mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,101 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: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 42.4478, -123.72720
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Chrome Ridge Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chrome Ridge Deposits
Secondary: Violet 0410330215
Secondary: Shady Cove 0410330323
Secondary: Buster
Secondary: Sordy Group
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Chrome Ridge
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Del Norte Chrome Ltd.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: 744 West Hastings, Vancouver B. C., Canada
Info Year: 1984
Production
Year: 1958
Time Period: 1917-1958
Description: Total Production, 1917-1958 2317 Long Tons Shipping Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1916
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Uvarovite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Alunite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): M1C1=M1C2+M1C3+M1C4 M1C1=TOTAL MILL GRADE RESOURCE FROM THE BUSTER AND THE VIOLET DEPOSITS. MC2=M1C1-M1C2-M1C3-M1C4 M1C2=TOTAL MILL GRADE RESOURCE AT THE BUSTER DEPOSIT. M1C3=M1C1-M1C2-M1C4 M1C3=TOTAL MILL GRADE RESOURCE AT THE UPPER VIOLET DEPOSIT. M1C4=M1C1-M1C2-M1C3 M1C4=TOTAL MILL GRADE RESOURCE AT THE LOWER VIOLET DEPOSIT. M2C1=TOTAL LOW GRADE RESOURCE AT THE LOWER VIOLET DEPOSIT. M3C1=TOTAL MILL GRADE RESOURCE AT THE SANDY COVE DEPOSIT. M4C1=TOTAL HIGH-GRADE RESOURCE AT THE SHADY COVE DEPOSIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): PLATE 2, NO. 177-179.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 100, 1979,
Reference (Deposit): P. 79-80.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 52, 1961,
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-P, 1940, P. 477-495.
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