Commodities
PrimaryChromium, Platinum, Palladium, Ruthenium, Iridium, Rhodium
SecondarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model15: Podiform chromite (minor)
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENS, WISPS, SCHLIEREN
Ore controlMagmatic Segregation
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite
GangueAragonite, Talc
Geology
Host rockDunite · Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
Associated rockHornblendite
StructureSeveral Small Faults
Tectonic settingKlamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
AlterationPartly Serpentinized
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10043084
MRDS IDM061573
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates42.27704, -123.85477
References
RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 104.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, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1979, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, TABLE 7.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.PAGE, N.J, MILLER, M.S., GRIMES, D.J., LEINZ, R.W., BLAKELY, R.J., LIPIN, B.R., FOOSE, M.P., AND GRAY, FLOYD, 1982, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL MAP OF THE KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1240-E, SCALE 1:62,500.PAGE AND OTHERS, 1982