Commodities
PrimaryChromium
TertiaryPalladium, Rhodium, Platinum
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC SEGREGATION
Model15: Podiform chromite (minor)
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlMAGMATIC SEGREGATION
Geology
StructureHIGH-ANGLE FAULTING AND LANDSLIDES
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID60001005
MRDS IDM061569
Alternate namesSourdough No. 2
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates42.27792, -123.83616
References
RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 106.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, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, P. 31.