Commodities
PrimaryRuthenium, Rhodium, Iridium, Platinum, Palladium, Chromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model15: Podiform chromite (minor)
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formNODULAR CHROMITE
Ore controlMagmatic Segregation
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite
GangueOlivine, Serpentine
Geology
Host rockPyroxenite · Josephine Ophiolite
Associated rockSerpentinite
Tectonic settingKlamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10043136
MRDS IDM061644
Alternate namesBlue Bucket No. 5
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates42.01232, -123.79504
References
RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 156.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.