Mine detail: Nickel Mountain Group

Previously called 'Upper Occurrence'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.96093, -123.44005

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel
Tertiary: Chromium, Rhodium, PGE
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1864

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Residual
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1954

Geology

Associated rock:Riddle Mountain Peridotite;Dothan Formation;Riddle Formation;Riddle Formation;Riddle Formation
Associated type:Sandstone
Structure:Tertiary Klamath Peneplain (Upper Body), Sherwood Peneplain (Lower Body), Klamath Peneplain, Rock Fault And Associated Faults, Fractures And Joints.
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane

References

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DEP10043117
Reference{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 75, P. 59-66.}{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 120}{Deposit:: PAGE, N.J, JOHNSON, M.G., HAFFTY, JOSEPH, AND RAMP, LEN, 1975, OCCURRENCE OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF THE MEDFORD-COOS BAY 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-694, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1978, INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES MISCELLANEOUS PAPER NO. 20, P. 9-15.}{Deposit:: CUMBERLIDGE, J.T., AND CHASE, F.M., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE NICKEL MOUNTAIN MINE, RIDDLE, OREGON, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1933/1967, GRATON-SALES VOLUME: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 1650-1672.}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.