Commodities
PrimaryChromium, Rhodium, Palladium, Platinum, Nickel
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeUnknown
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formDISSEMINATED
Ore controlOre Minerals Disseminated Throughout The Ultramafic Rocks
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite, Pentlandite
GangueMagnesite, Tremolite
Other materialsTalc
Geology
Host rockMafic Intrusive Rock,Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Associated rockDiorite · Bear Mountain Pluton
StructureBear Mtn Pluton Shear Zone.
Tectonic settingKlamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
AlterationMetasomatism Of The Mafic And Ultramafic Rocks During Tectonic Emplacement Of The Ophiolite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10039345
MRDS IDM046992
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.824, -123.62171
References
SNOKE, A.W. AND CALK, L.C., 1978, JACKSTRAW-TEXTURED TALC-OLIVINE ROCKS, PRESTON PEAK AREA, KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 89, NO. 2, P. 223-230