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Nichols Place

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092513
MRDS ID M015285
Record type Site
Current site name Nichols Place
Related records 10177218

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.77199, 42.33454 (WGS84)
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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 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.77199, 42.33454
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Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is Mainly A Banded-Disseminated Variety With A Few Massive Chunks.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A BULLDOZER CUT.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M015285
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0410330474

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 52, P.41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLOAT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Lee, W. 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