Mine detail: Tangerine

Location:	Del Norte County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long:	41.95732, -123.88422
dep_id:	10029794
mrds_id:	M007567
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Chromium
Trace mineral:	Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Chromite
gangue:	Olivine
orebody_fm:	DISSEMINATED
model:	15: Podiform chromite (minor)
conc_proc:	Magmatic Segregation
ore_ctrl:	Magmatic Segregation
Reporter:	Gere, W., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type:	Dunite
arock_unit:	Josephine Ophiolite
arock_type:	Harzburgite
tectonic:	Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane - Western Jurassic Belt
discr:	D. Webb, H.E. Borgman, W.T. Stilwell
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. 43, PL. 1. 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 Deposit:: CATER, F.W., JR., AND WELLS, F.G., 1953, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GASQUET QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA-OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 995-C, P. 43, PL. 11.