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Eagle Mountain Prospect

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043246
MRDS ID M061824
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Mountain Prospect
Related records 10225873

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.82699, 42.27093 (WGS84)
Elevation 1225
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PEARSOLL PEAK
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 010W 13 NE4 OF NE4 OF N4 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • JUST WEST OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY LINE AND JUST SOUTH OF SEC. 12 BOUNDARY. UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION. LAT/LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROSPECT SYMBOL NEXT TO SEC. BOUNDARY SHOWN ON TOPO MAP; UTM FOR THIS IS 4680020N, 431970E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Primary
Platinum Tertiary
Palladium Tertiary
Rhodium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Serpentine Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Ultramafics Totally Serpentinized

Analytical data

Result 2 PGE ANALYSES: PT=N(10), 14 PPB
Result PD=N(4), <4 PPB
Result RH=N(4), 30 PPB
Result IR, RU NOT ANALYZED.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
    Rock description Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.82699, 42.27093
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Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magmatic Segregation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pearsoll Peak

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 M061824
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0410150260

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1975, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UPPER CHETCO DRAINAGE AREA, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 88, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, TABLE 7.

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONTAINS ONLY A SMALL QUANTITY OF ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Smith, Roscoe M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAR-1990 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey