Oregon · Josephine County
Prospect

Eight Dollar Mtn Laterite

Josephine County, Oregon, United States
NickelIronCobaltChromium
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Commodities
PrimaryNickel
TertiaryIron, Cobalt, Chromium
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 year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10176940
MRDS IDMO13268
Alternate namesHorstman Group, Eight Dollar Nickel Deposit, Eight Dollar Mtn Group, Eight Dollar No. 1
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.22262, -123.65835
References
OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 52, 1961, P. 140.OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MISC. PAPER 20, 1978,P. 28-31.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*