Last Drink No. 1

The Last Drink No. 1 is a ruthenium, rhodium, iridium, platinum, palladium, and chromium mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,041 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: Last Drink No. 1
Secondary: Blue Bucket No. 5

Commodity

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

Location

State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Waldo 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Myrtle Creek Mining Co.
Years: 1958 -

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

Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)

Orebody

Form: NODULAR CHROMITE

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RH=<5 PPB.
Analytical Data: RU=200 PPB
Analytical Data: IR=<20 PPB
Analytical Data: PD=6 PPB
Analytical Data: PANNED CONCENTRATE ASSAYED 42.35% CR2O3, 13.52% FE. 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=13 PPB
Analytical Data: NODULAR ORE IN ALTERED SAXONITE - 27.52% CR2O3, 14.52% FE, 17.67% MGO, 12.56% SIO2

Materials

Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Serpentine
Gangue: Olivine

Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON SOUTH BANK OF WHISKEY CREEK. UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION (WHICH IS ON NORTH SIDE OF CREEK) LAT/LONG GIVEN IS ON SOUTH SIDE OF CREEK AT END OF TRAIL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP; UTM FOR THIS IS 4651250N, 434280E.

Comment (Workings): 3 HAND DUG CUTS

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. 156.

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 100, TABLE 1.

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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