Commodities
PrimaryChromium
TertiaryPlatinum, Rhodium, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model15: Podiform chromite (minor)
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formDISSEMINATED, MASSIVE
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite
GangueSerpentine
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite · Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
Tectonic settingKlamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10042854
MRDS IDM061084
Alternate namesG.P. #75, Deer Creek Chrome No.1
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates42.21954, -123.41476
References
RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 137.THAYER, T.P., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA.PAGE, N.J, JOHNSON, M.G., HAFFTY, JOSEPH, AND RAMP, LEN, 1975, OCCURRENCE OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF THE MEDFORD-COOS BAY 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-694, SCALE 1:250,000.RAMP, LEN, AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 100, TABLE 1.CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.