Mine detail: Snow Drift

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Location

Lat / long:

44.35429, -118.8755

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium, Nickel
Ore:	Chromite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Pyroxenite
Associated rock:	Canyon Mountain Complex
Associated type:	Pyroxenite
Tectonic:	Ophiolite

References

MRDS	M025555
DEP	10036664
Reference	THAYER, T.P., CASE, J.E., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-420, P. 94
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.