Young's Mine

The Young's Mine is a chromium mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,199 feet.

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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: Young's Mine
Secondary: Dailey Dozen Claims

Commodity

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Ruthenium
Tertiary: Iridium

Location

State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Pearsoll Peak Area

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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Holman, J. R.

Production

Year: 1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^47-49% Cr2o3, 17% Fe (48% Cr203, Weighted Average Grade)

Deposit

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

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)

Orebody

Form: DISSEMINATED, SMALL LENSES, AND SOME MASSIVE ORE

Structure

Type: L
Description: Landslides And Numerous Offsets On Transverse Faults.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dunite Largely Altered To Serpentine And Talc

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PD=<4-30 PPB
Analytical Data: CONCENTRATE ASSAYED 52% CR2O3, 2.1 CR:FE. 3 PGE ANALYSES: PT=N(10)-40 PPB
Analytical Data: RU=<100 PPB (2 NOT ANALYZED)
Analytical Data: IR=20 PPB (2 NOT ANALYZED)
Analytical Data: RH=4-12 PPB.

Materials

Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Uvarovite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Serpentine

Comments

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL OPEN CUTS

Comment (Deposit): RECORD M015310 HAS MERGED AND DELETED.

Comment (Location): UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION. LAT/LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROSPECT SYMBOL SHOWN IN NW CORNER SEC. 6 ON TOPO MAP; UTM FOR THIS IS 4683160N, 432910E.

Comment (Development): 11 CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1952 BY T.E. GLENN AND C. YOUNG

Comment (Deposit): NORTH SIDE BANDED - DIFFERENT FROM SOUTH SIDE - LENS.

References

Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 43.

Reference (Deposit): PAGE, N.J, JOHNSON, M.G., HAFFTY, JOSEPH, AND RAMP, LEN, 1975, OCCURRENCE OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF THE MEDFORD-COOS BAY 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-694, SCALE 1:250,000.

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