Babyfoot

The Babyfoot is a chromium mine located in Curry county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,451 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

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Site Name

Primary: Babyfoot

Commodity

Primary: Chromium

Location

State: Oregon
County: Curry
District: Babyfoot-Little Chetco

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

Year: 1943
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^52. % Cr2o3
Year: 1958
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^46. % Cr2o3
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1951-1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^48% Cr2o3 3.1 Cr:Fe

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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

Form: FLOAT, LENS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shearing In Serpentine & Alignment Of Chromite Lenses Conform To Attitude Of Argillite

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: HIGH GRADE ORE, PICKED SAMPLES FREE FROM GANGUE ASSAYED ABOUT 52% CR2O3, WITH 3.4:1 CR:FE RATIO

Materials

Ore: Chromite

Comments

Comment (Production): MOSTLY IN MINED FROM FLOAT

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MAIN CR OCCURRENCE PARALLELS THE FAULTED CONTACT OF SERPENTINE & FOOT WALL OF ARGILLITE

Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M013217) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Comment (Deposit): LENS OF ORE WIDELY SEPARATED & SMALL; LARGE BOULDERS OF CHROMITE TO 3 FT. DIAM

References

Reference (Deposit): THAYER, T. P., 1974, UNPUBL. DATA

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.30

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L., 1975, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UPPER CHETCO DRAINAGE AREA, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 88, P.25

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P.

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