Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePodiform
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formMASSIVE HIGH GRADE TO SPOTTED LOW GRADE
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite
GangueAragonite
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite · Canyon Mountain Complex
Tectonic settingOphiolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10033015
MRDS IDM014880
Alternate namesGeitsfield Mine, Potato Patch Mine, Smith Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.38624, -118.98717
References
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 32 - 33 .WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL 725 - A, P. 49 .THAYER, T. P., 1940 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, ORE: USGS BULL 922 - D, P. 110 .ODGMI BULL 14 - B, P. 33