Gray Buck Group Group

The Gray Buck Group Group is a chromium mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,080 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

Name: Gray Buck Group Group  

State:  Oregon

County:  Josephine

Elevation: 2,080 Feet (634 Meters)

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 42.35056, -123.76861

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Gray Buck Group Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gray Buck Group Group


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Central Illinois River


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: 1955
Time Period: 1916-1955
Material type: ORE (CR)
Description: Cp_Grade: ^47% Cr2o3 - 49% Cr2o3


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: LAYERS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chromite


Comments

Comment (Production): NO ORE SEEN IN PLACE AT DIFFERENT CUTS IN 1955

Comment (Deposit): RECORD NUMBER (M015279) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: NARROW INCLUSIONS OF AMPHIBOLE GNEISS ARE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH CHROMITE BEARING LAYERS


References

Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

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


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