| Location: | Grant County, Oregon, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 44.33957, -118.77022 |
| dep_id: | 10033096 |
| mrds_id: | M015020 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Chromium |
| Trace mineral: | Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Nickel, Platinum |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Chromite |
| orebody_fm: | SPOTTED ORE WITH SOME BANDING, MASSIVE |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| model: | 15: Podiform chromite (minor) |
| alteration: | Dunite Partially Serpentinized, Peridotite More Completely Serpentinized |
| conc_proc: | Magmatic Segregation |
| ore_ctrl: | Magmatic Segregation |
| Reporter: | Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A. |
| hrock_unit: | Canyon Mountain Complex |
| hrock_type: | Dunite |
| arock_unit: | Canyon Mountain Complex |
| arock_type: | Peridotite |
| Structure: | Rocks Highly Jointed Trending E, Dip 48s |
| tectonic: | Ochoco-Blue Mountains |
| Year first produced: | 1918 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1918 |
| disc_yr: | 1918 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ALLEN, J.E., 1941, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF OREGON (REVISED ED.): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 9, P. 64.
- Deposit:: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1941, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, NORTHEASTERN OREGON--WEST HALF: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-B, P. 35-36.
- Deposit:: WESTGATE, L.G., 1921, DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1920: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 725-A, P. 42.
- Deposit:: STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1977, ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-420, P. 88-90.
- 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:: THAYER, T.P., 1940, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-D, P. 102-103.
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