The Dry Camp is a chromium mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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
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Dry Camp MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dry Camp
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Podiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED AND BANDED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHROMIC OXIDE CONTENT VARIES FROM 10 TO 40 %.
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN PARALLEL BANDS
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION TO 1945 TAKEN FROM HUNDHAUSEN AND OTHERS, 1956. PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR 1945-1957 ARE FROM ODGMI FILES (1900 LONG TONS)
Comment (Deposit): RECORD (W017036) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1942 DIREXPL USBM REF.
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 22 - 23
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, J. E., 1939 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL. 9 , P. 62 .
Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON USGS, BULL. 725 - A, P. 45 .
Reference (Deposit): HUNDHAUSEN, R.J. AND OTHERS, 1956, EXPLORATION AND UTILIZATION STUDIES, JOHN DAY CHROMITES, OREGON; USBM REP. INVEST. 5238, P. 15
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