Mine detail: Hawks Rest View

Previously called 'Unnamed # 11 On Kerby'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.19232, -123.86783

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Tertiary:	Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
Ore:	Chromite
Orebody form:	NARROW, TAPERING LAYERS OF MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED CHROMITE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Josephine Ophiolite
Host type:	Dunite
Associated rock:	Josephine Ophiolite
Associated type:	Peridotite
Tectonic:	Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane

References

MRDS	M060610
DEP	10042701
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 69.}{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, TABLE 7.}{Deposit:: CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.}
Reporter	Unknown, Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.