| Location: | Del Norte County, California, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 41.80121, -123.86893 |
| dep_id: | 10029766 |
| mrds_id: | M007533 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Chromium |
| Trace mineral: | Platinum, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chromite |
| gangue: | Olivine |
| orebody_fm: | KIDNEY SHAPED PODS |
| model: | 15: Podiform chromite (minor) |
| alteration: | Ultramafic Rocks Are Serpentinized |
| conc_proc: | Magmatic Segregation |
| ore_ctrl: | Magmatic Segregation |
| Reporter: | Gere, W., Peterson, Jocelyn A. |
| hrock_type: | Dunite |
| arock_unit: | Josephine Ophiolite |
| arock_type: | Peridotite |
| Structure: | Strong Shear, Striking N35w And Dipping 75ne, Hosts Ore |
| tectonic: | Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane |
| References: |
- Deposit:: WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W., JR., AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT. 1, CH. 1, P. 57.
- 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. 293.
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