Mine detail: Hole In the Ground

Location:	Del Norte County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long:	41.95343, -124.01227
dep_id:	10029615
mrds_id:	M007280
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Chromium
Trace mineral:	Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chromite
gangue:	Olivine
orebody_fm:	UNKNOWN
model:	15: Podiform chromite (minor)
conc_proc:	Magmatic Segregation
ore_ctrl:	Magamtic Segregation
Reporter:	Gere, W., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type:	Dunite
arock_unit:	Josephine Ophiolite
arock_type:	Peridotite
Structure:	Intense Shearing
tectonic:	Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane - Western Jurassic Belt
References:	Deposit:: WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W., JR., AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT. 1, CH. 1, P. 32. Deposit:: 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. Deposit:: *RIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 48, NO. 4, P. 273, 289. Production:: WELLS AND OTHERS