Mine detail: Preston Peak

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.824, -123.62171

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Chromium
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Chromite, Pentlandite
Gangue:	Magnesite, Tremolite
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED
Other material:	Talc

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Associated rock:	Bear Mountain Pluton
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Bear Mtn Pluton Shear Zone.
Tectonic:	Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
Alteration processes:	Metasomatism Of The Mafic And Ultramafic Rocks During Tectonic Emplacement Of The Ophiolite

References

MRDS	M046992
DEP	10039345
Reference	SNOKE, A.W. AND CALK, L.C., 1978, JACKSTRAW-TEXTURED TALC-OLIVINE ROCKS, PRESTON PEAK AREA, KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 89, NO. 2, P. 223-230
Reporter	Saso, Jerri L., Peterson, Jocelyn A.