Illinois River Sulfide Occurrence

Josephine County, Oregon, United States

Nickel Copper Gold Cobalt Platinum Palladium

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryNickel, Copper

SecondaryGold, Cobalt

TertiaryPlatinum, Palladium

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeN

WorkingsUnderground

Orebody formDISSEMINATED, MASSIVE

Ore controlImmiscible Sulfide Liquid

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite

Geology

Host rockPyroxenite

StructureThrust Slices Of Ophiolitic And Island-Arc Rocks, Steeply Dipping Faults

Tectonic settingCoastal Belt Accreted Terranes

Economic & production

Development statusOccurrence

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References

FOOSE, M.P., 1986, SETTING OF A MAGMATIC SULFIDE OCCURRENCE IN A DISMEMBERED OPHIOLITE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1626-A, 23 P.PAGE, N.J, AND OTHERS, 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS AREA, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1240-A, SCALE 1:62,500.

Identification

Deposit ID10095812

MRDS IDMP00262

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates42.42982, -124.01145