Mine detail: Elkhorn Creek Mine

Previously called 'Nigger ChromeKerby #22Briggs Creek ChromeRose City Chrome'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.43038, -123.71727

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:

Dunite

References

MRDS	M060521
MAS	410330236
DEP	10042649
Reference	{Deposit:: Ramp, Len, 1961, Chromite In Southwestern Oregon: Oregon Dept. Geology And Mineral Ind. Bulletin 52, 169 P. (P. 83)}{Deposit:: Thayer, T. P., 1974, Unpubl. Data}{Deposit:: Oregon Metal Mines Handbook, 1942, ODGMI Bulletin 14-C, Vol. 2, Sec. 1, P.128-129}{Deposit:: Ramp, L. And Peterson, N.V., 1979, Geology And Mineral Resources Of Josephine County, Oregon; ODGMI Bulletin 100, Plate 2, No. 271.}
Reporter	Unknown, Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)