Blue Grouse

The Blue Grouse is a chromium mine located in Grant county, Oregon.

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: Blue Grouse  

State:  Oregon

County:  Grant

Elevation:

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 44.37028, -118.88250

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Blue Grouse MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blue Grouse


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: VEIN OR SERIES OF LENSES. ALSO BALL ORE WITH SPHERES OF CHROMITE


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chromite


Comments

Comment (Location): SW 1/4

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE BODY IS ALONG A BROKEN ZONE IN SERPENTINE.

Comment (Deposit): BOTH SPOTTED AND BLACK ORE OCCUR.


References

Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 725 - A, P. 49


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