DOGAMI Bulletin 51, Twelfth biennial report of the State ...
The only nickel mine and smelter in the United States is at Riddle, Douglas County, where ap proximately 1 million tons of ore ore mined and processed annually. Other mineral and metallurgical plants use Oregon ores to produce uranium yellow coke, burnt lime, cement, dry ice, mercury, brick and tile, diatomite, calcium carbide, and ferrosilicon.