Mine detail: Upper Chetco and Square Lake

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Location: Curry County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.16454, -123.89366
dep_id: 10033291
mrds_id: M015596
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Soil
alteration: Serpentinization
Reporter: Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.)
hrock_unit: Josephine Peridotite
hrock_type: Harzburgite
arock_type: Dacite
References:
  • Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 41
  • Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.50
  • Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD SYUDIES MAP MF-1282-E, 1982, MAP NO. 23.
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