Chromium past producer · Grant County, Oregon
first production 1916
Drawn as an open-pit mine, dug down in benches from the surface. The ore color stands for chromium. Federal records note the kind of operation and its status, not its depth or layout, so this is a typical example rather than a survey of this site.
| State | Oregon |
| County | Grant |
| Coordinates | 44.35315, -118.92386 |
| Primary | Chromium |
| Status | Past Producer |
| Type | Surface |
| First Production | 1916 |
| Data Source | USGS MRDS |
| Source ID | 10249977 |
| Site | Distance | Commodity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron King Mine | 0.0 mi | Chromium | Past Producer |
| Black Velvet | 0.2 mi | Chromium | Occurrence |
| Black Velvet Deposit | 0.2 mi | Chromium | Prospect |
| Great Northern Mine | 0.3 mi | Gold | Past Producer |
| Byram Gulch Magnesite | 0.4 mi | Magnesite | Prospect |
| Byram Gulch Magnesite | 0.4 mi | Magnesite | Occurrence |
| Black Wonder | 0.4 mi | Chromium | Prospect |
| Big Boy | 0.5 mi | Nickel, Chromium | Occurrence |
| Black Wonder | 0.5 mi | Chromium, Silver, Nickel | Occurrence |
| Byram Gulch | 0.6 mi | Palladium | Prospect |
| Unnamed Prospect near Canyon, OR | 0.6 mi | Chromium | Occurrence |
| Josephine | 0.7 mi | Silver | Occurrence |
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