Pc 9

The Pc 9 is a chromium mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Pc 9  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 44.36639, -118.83556

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Pc 9 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pc 9
Secondary: Pine Creek Deposits
Secondary: Accident
Secondary: Miller Ranch On Quid Sheet


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Haight, Clinton P.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Podiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENSES, STRINGERS, AND IRREGULAR BODIES


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SILICA CONTENT ABOUT 4 %
Analytical Data: 50 TO 52 % OF CHROMIC OXIDE


Materials

Ore: Chromite


Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SERPENTINE IS THOROUGHLY JOINTED AND IS CUT IN MANY PLACES INTO LARGE BLOCKS BY 1 - INCH SEAMS OF CRUSHED SERPENTINE; COMPLETELY SHATTERED ALONG LINE OF ORE BODIES. MASSES OF ORE OCCUR IN SERPENTINE, APART FROM MAIN BODY .

Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M014919) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Comment (Deposit): LODE, RICH, SOFT ORE

Comment (Workings): SURFACE OPEN CUT INTO HILLSIDE


References

Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU MINES, 1943, CHROMIUM, JOHN DAY DIST., GRANT CO., OR: WAR MINERALS REPORT 49, 30 PAGES.

Reference (Deposit): OR DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND., 1941, OR METAL MINES HANDBOOK: BULL. 14-B, CANYON AREA, P. 29.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OR: 22ND ANNUAL-REPORT, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 2, PAGE 551-776.

Reference (Other Database): BLM ORMC 55462

Reference (Deposit): BROWN, C. E., THAYER, T. P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NE OR: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISC. INVEST. MAP I-447.


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