Commodities
PrimaryChromium
TertiaryRhodium, Ruthenium, Iridium, Palladium, Platinum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model15: Podiform chromite (minor)
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formDISSEMINATED, SMALL LENSES, AND SOME MASSIVE ORE
Ore controlMagmatic Segregation
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite
GangueSerpentine, Talc, Uvarovite
Geology
Host rockDunite · Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
StructureLandslides And Numerous Offsets On Transverse Faults.
Tectonic settingKlamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
AlterationDunite Largely Altered To Serpentine And Talc
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10043104
MRDS IDM061598
Alternate namesDailey Dozen Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.29954, -123.81505
References
RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 43.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.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.