The Chrome Creek Nickel Laterite Area is a mine located in Curry county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,799 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: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 42.1019, -123.91330
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Chrome Creek Nickel Laterite Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chrome Creek Nickel Laterite Area
Commodity
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Vulcan Peak
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
Type: Minerals Only
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1971
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: Quartz
Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Montmorillonite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Talc
Unknown: Wad
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Enstatite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS AREA CONTAINS 21 PODS OF LATERITE SCATTERED OVER A TOWN THE FIRST TIER OF TOWNSHIPS TO THE WEST. THE DEPOSITS ARE DI INTO TWO TYPES, A LOW GRADE, & A SUBMARGINAL GRADE. THE LOW RESOURCES ARE INDICATED ON MATRIX 2 & THE SUBMARGINAL GRADE RESOURCES ARE INDICATED ON MATRIX 3. THE LENGTH, WIDTH, & OR TION ARE AVERAGES FOR THE 21 PODS. MATRIX 1 IS AN ACUMULATI MATRIX 2 & MATRIX 3.
References
Reference (Deposit): P. 23.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MISC. PAPER 20, 1978,
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 93, 1977, P. 47.
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