Commodities
PrimaryChromium
TertiaryRhodium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model15: Podiform chromite (minor)
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENS, STRINGERS, SOME MASSIVE ORE
Ore controlMagmatic Segregation
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite
GangueSerpentine
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite · Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
StructureShearing
Tectonic settingKlamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
AlterationSerpentinization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10043130
MRDS IDM061636
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.40288, -123.60922
References
RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 133.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.