Mine detail: Liberty Chrome South

Previously called 'MorganBig BerthaSheep Rock DepositsHanenkrat'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.32735, -118.73605

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Nickel, Platinum, Palladium, Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Gangue:	Serpentine
Orebody form:	POD-LENS
Discovery year:	1918

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Canyon Mountain Complex;Canyon Mountain Complex
Host type:	Pyroxenite
Tectonic:	Ochoco-Blue Mountains

References

MRDS	M046808
DEP	10039222
Reference	{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. 91-93, 113.}{Deposit:: THAYER, T.P., 1940, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-D, P. 108-109.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.