Mine detail: Last Chance

Previously called 'Province Lode ChromeBlue Chrome'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.34096, -118.73438

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

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

References

MRDSM046809
DEP10039223
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.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.