Chrome Creek Laterite

The Chrome Creek Laterite is a nickel mine located in Curry 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

Name: Chrome Creek Laterite  

State:  Oregon

County:  Curry

Elevation:

Commodity: Nickel

Lat, Long: 42.11389, -123.90556

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Chrome Creek Laterite MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Chrome Creek Laterite


Commodity

Primary: Nickel
Secondary: Cobalt
Secondary: Chromium


Location

State: Oregon
County: Curry


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.
Administrative Organization: Siskiyou National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AN AVERAGE OF SEVEN SHALLOW HAND AUGER SAMPLES GAVE 0.69 % NI AND 0.88 % CR


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): AREA EXAMINED ONLY BRIEFLY IN THE FIELD.

Comment (Deposit): AVERAGE UNWEATHERED ROCK CONTENT OF SOIL IS ESTIMATED AT 45 % BY VOLUME . THE LATERITE COVERS ABOUT 200 ACRES AT A DEPTH OF 10 FEET.

Comment (Geology): NEAR WESTERN EDGE OF JOSEPHINE ULTRAMAFIC SHEET, ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THRUST-FAULT CONTACT WITH UNDERLYING DOTHAN FORMATION MARINE SEDIMENTS. ULTRAMAFICS CONSIST OF HARZBURGITE AND SERPENTINITE. AMPHIBORITE OF UNCERTAIN AGE, (POSSIBLY UPPER TRI AND EQUIVILENT TO BRIGGS VALLEY AMPHIBOLITE) OCCURS AS TECTONIC SLICE.


References

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 23

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P, 47


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