Mine detail: Howard Prospect

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Location: Grant County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.37096, -118.77883
dep_id: 10033092
mrds_id: M015014
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Podiform
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chromite
Reporter: Gray, Jerry J., Lee, W., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.)
hrock_unit: Canyon Mountain Complex
hrock_type: Dunite,Pyroxenite
tectonic: Ophiolite
References:
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B, P. 27
  • Deposit:: THAYER, T.P., 1940, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; USGS BULL. 922-D, P.108
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