Commodities
PrimaryChromium, Palladium, Nickel, Copper, Platinum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model15: Podiform chromite (minor)
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPOD-LENS
Ore controlMagmatic Segregation
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite
GangueSerpentine
Geology
Host rockPyroxenite · Canyon Mountain Complex;Canyon Mountain Complex
Tectonic settingOchoco-Blue Mountains
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1918
Identification
Deposit ID10039222
MRDS IDM046808
Alternate namesMorgan, Big Bertha, Sheep Rock Deposits, Hanenkrat
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.32735, -118.73605
References
STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1977, ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-420, P. 91-93, 113.THAYER, T.P., 1940, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-D, P. 108-109.