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Midnight Claim

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043109
MRDS ID M061605
Record type Site
Current site name Midnight Claim
Related records 10152823

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.77227, 42.34093 (WGS84)
Elevation 293
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037S 009W 21 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Analytical data

Result 33.56% CR2O3
Result 10.56% FE
Result HAD TO BE MIXED WITH HIGHER GRADE CHROMITE TO BE MARKETED.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.77227, 42.34093
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Ore body information

  • General form LAYER
    Strike N 38 E
    Dip 40 SE
    Width 0.25M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central Illinois River

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M061605
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0410330488

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M015262) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1991 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries