Mine detail: White Cedar

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Location: Humboldt County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.38344, -123.78031
dep_id: 10030546
mrds_id: M008734
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Trace mineral: Iridium, Platinum, Palladium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chromite
gangue: Olivine
orebody_fm: UNKNOWN
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: Peridotite
tectonic: Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
References:
  • Deposit:: WELLS, F.G., AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 134, PT. 1, CH. 3, P. 186, PL. 19.
  • 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.
  • Reserve-Resource:: CARLSON AND OTHERS, 1985
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