Oregon · Josephine County
Prospect

Woodcock Mountain Laterite

Josephine County, Oregon, United States
NickelChromiumCobaltIron
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Commodities
PrimaryNickel
SecondaryChromium, Cobalt
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsChalcedony, Chlorite, Chromite, Diaspore, Enstatite, Garnierite, Gibbsite, Goethite, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Magnetite, Montmorillonite, Nontronite, Serpentine, Spinel, Talc
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10152963
MRDS IDM013237
Alternate namesWoodcock Mtn Laterite, Woodcock Mtn Nickel Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.12012, -123.67975
References
OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1942,VOL. 2, P. 224.OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MISC. PAPER 20, 1978,P. 43.WILLIAMS, J.F. AND LINDSEY, D.S., NICKEL DEPOSITS IN THEWESTERN UNITED STATES (A REPORT AND APPRAISAL FORRALPH C. KIRBY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - METALLURGY);USBM REPORT, JANUARY 1978.*CONFIDENTIAL DATA*