Mine detail: Dry Camp

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Location: Grant County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.36346, -118.78438
dep_id: 10033093
mrds_id: M015015
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Podiform
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chromite
orebody_fm: DISSEMINATED AND BANDED
Reporter: Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Canyon Mountain Complex
hrock_type: Peridotite
tectonic: Ophiolite
References:
  • Deposit:: ALLEN, J. E., 1939 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL. 9 , P. 62 .
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 22 - 23
  • Deposit:: WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON USGS, BULL. 725 - A, P. 45 .
  • Deposit:: HUNDHAUSEN, R.J. AND OTHERS, 1956, EXPLORATION AND UTILIZATION STUDIES, JOHN DAY CHROMITES, OREGON; USBM REP. INVEST. 5238, P. 15
  • Deposit:: 1942 DIREXPL USBM REF.
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