Mine detail: Sheep Rock Deposits

Previously called 'MorganCampbellHanenkratBig Bertha No. 1Lost Creek'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.32735, -118.73799

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium, Platinum
Ore:	Chromite
Orebody form:	ORE BODY WAS WEDGE SHAPED ( 4 FT. WIDE AT TOP, 1 FT. AT DEPTH OF 15 FT. )

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Podiform
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Canyon Mountain Complex
Host type:	Dunite
Tectonic:	Ophiolite

References

MRDS	M015022
DEP	10033097
Reference	{Deposit:: WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON: U.S.G.S. BULL. 725 - A. P. 43 .}{Deposit:: THAYER, T. P., 1940 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, ORE. U.S.G.S., BULL. 922 - D, P. 108 .}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 27 , 36 .}
Reporter	Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.