Chrome Prospect

The Chrome Prospect is a chromium mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 6,549 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: Chrome Prospect  

State:  Oregon

County:  Baker

Elevation: 6,549 Feet (1,996 Meters)

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 44.79833, -118.29667

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Chrome Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Chrome Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Cracker Creek District


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: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Physiographic Detail: Blue Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw Trending Shear Zone/Melange


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Norite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Norite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chromite


Comments

Comment (Geology): SMALL CHROMITE POD IN SHEARED AND HORNFELSED ULTRAMAFICS


References

Reference (Deposit): FERNS, M.L. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MT. IRELAND QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP (IN PREPARATION)


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