Carter Creek Divide Claim

The Carter Creek Divide Claim is a chromium mine located in Curry county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,770 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: Carter Creek Divide Claim

Commodity

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Platinum

Location

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

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)

Orebody

Form: MASSIVE LENS, FLOAT

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shears, Landslides

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 14 PPB PT, 26 PPB RH

Materials

Ore: Chromite

Comments

Comment (Location): IN KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS IN SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST

Comment (Deposit): NO ORE SEEN IN PLACE IN 1954

Comment (Location): IN SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST. 4 MI NORTH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS RIVER AREA. UTM FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION PLOTS IN CALIFORNIA. IDENTITY OF THIS DEPOSIT IS IN QUESTION. ORIGINAL ENTRY SUGGESTED THIS MAY BE PART OF SORDY GROUP. PRODUCTION FIGURES IN CARLSON AND OTHERS (1985) SUGGEST IT MAY BE SAD SACK (BLACK PRINCESS), MINE WHICH IS NOT PART OF SORDY GROUP.

Comment (Geology): SOME DIORITE AND GABBRO NEARBY. DESCRIPTION GIVEN HERE IS GENERAL FOR CHROME RIDGE AREA FOUND IN WELLS AND OTHERS (1941).

References

Reference (Analytical Data): CARLSON AND OTHERS, 1985

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, P. 30.

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 65.

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.

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