Black Beauty

The Black Beauty is a chromium mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 1,240 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: Black Beauty
Secondary: Oregon Chrome Mine
Secondary: Robertson Mine
Secondary: Illinois River Mine

Commodity

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Oregon
County: Josephine
District: Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District

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.

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Robertson, William S.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1975

Production

Year: 1958
Description: Total Tonnage Through 1958. 31918 Long Tons
Year: 1958
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson & J. G. Gallaher 1768 Long Tons
Year: 1957
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson & J. G. Gallaher 3807 Long Tons
Year: 1956
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson & J. G. Gallaher 4423 Long Tons
Year: 1955
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson & J. G. Gallaher 2227 Long Tons
Year: 1954
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson & J. G. Gallaher 689 Long Tons
Year: 1953
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson & J. G. Gallaher 310 Long Tons
Year: 1952
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson & J. G. Gallaher 445 Long Tons
Year: 1951
Description: Operator- J. G. Gallaher 15 Long Tons
Year: 1948
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson 2755 Long Tons
Year: 1946
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson 2383 Long Tons
Year: 1945
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson 2434 Long Tons
Year: 1944
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson 5358 Long Tons
Year: 1943
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson 739 Long Tons
Year: 1942
Description: Operator- Wm. Robertson 171 Long Tons
Year: 1941
Description: Operator- S. Dilsheimer 34 Long Tons
Year: 1937
Description: Operator- Unknown 288 Long Tons
Year: 1918
Description: Operator- California Chrome Company 2909 Long Tons
Year: 1917
Description: Operator- California Chrome Company 1201 Long Tons

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Spinel
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Enstatite

Comments

Comment (Geology): CHROME TO IRON RATIO EQUALS Q TO 2.7.

Comment (Geology): TYPE OF ORE BODY IS PODIFORM. OREBODIES APPROXIMATELY 4.6M MAXIMUM IN THICKNESS, 45.7M IN LENGTH, AND 15M IN WIDTH. OREBODIES ARE LENS-SHAPED AND ARE ELLIPSOIDAL IN PLAN VIEW. ALTERATION TYPE IS SERPENTINIZATION.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): FLD OP FIRST QUARTER FY 1980 SHOWS NO DEPOSIT REPORT PLANNED. OWNER: WM. S. ROBERTSON OTHER NAMES: ROBERTSON MINE, ILLINOIS RIVER MINE, BLACK BEAUTY. DROPPED FROM EVALUATION DURING FY 1980

References

Reference (Deposit): PLATE 2, NO. 249.

Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 100, 1979,

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-694, 1975.

Reference (Deposit): P. 50-53.

Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 52, 1961,

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