Free and Easy Nickel Deposit

The Free and Easy Nickel Deposit is a nickel mine located in Josephine county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,300 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

Name: Free and Easy Nickel Deposit  

State:  Oregon

County:  Josephine

Elevation: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)

Commodity: Nickel

Lat, Long: 42.2183, -123.71080

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Free and Easy Nickel Deposit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Free and Easy Nickel Deposit
Secondary: Free and Easy Laterite


Commodity

Primary: Nickel
Secondary: Cobalt
Secondary: Chromium
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: Surface


Ownership

Owner Name: Inter American Nickel
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1976


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Garnierite
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Wad
Unknown: Talc
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Chalcedony


Comments

Comment (Names): OTHER NAMES:FREE AND EASY LATERITE. DROPPED FROM EVALUATION DURING FY 1980

Comment (Deposit): RECORDS 060,070,080- LATERITIC SOIL COMPOSED OF HYDROUS FE CLAY MINERALS,WAD AND POSS. GAR- NIERITE WITH RESIDUAL QTZ. CHROMITE AND ETC.-RECORD 060 S.G.CALC. FOR A 30/70 ROCK TO S RATIO. RECORD 080 STRIKE= LONGESTDIMENSION OF BODY,DIP DOESN RECORD 130-COVER DESCRIPTION DOES NOT APPLY. MINE CAP EQUIP 200M WORK CAP 32M ACQ 0 EXP 0 DEV 0 LEAD TIME TAILS FROM NI-CO PLANT 272 MT AT 1.80% CR2O3 IS FEED GRAVITY THIS FEED -1/4 INCH SO NO CRUSH +BIN+CONVEY+SCREEN COSTS INC IN CHROMITE CAPITAL COST MADE UP GRAVITY PLANT $516,214. PLU DAY OPERATING EXPENSE $104,040 FOR TOTAL CAPITAL $620,254.


References

Reference (Deposit): P. 31.

Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MISC. PAPER 20, 1978,


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