Tennessee Chromite

Josephine County, Oregon, United States

Chromium Platinum Palladium Iridium Ruthenium Rhodium

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Commodities

PrimaryChromium

TertiaryPlatinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Model15: Podiform chromite (minor)

Deposit sizeSmall

WorkingsSurface/Underground

Orebody formLENS

Ore controlMagmatic Segregaton

Materials

Ore mineralsChromite

GangueOlivine, Serpentine

Geology

Host rockDunite · Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite;Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite

Tectonic settingKlamath Mountains Accreted Terrane

AlterationCountry Rock Serpentinized

Economic & production

Development statusOccurrence

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References

RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 155.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, CALIFONRIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.

Identification

Deposit ID10043142

MRDS IDM061651

RegionNA

Data scoreC

Coordinates42.19565, -123.72116