Mine detail: Owens

Previously called 'Black Nugget'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.02093, -123.61365

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Orebody form:	LENS, KIDNEY

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Serpentinite
Associated rock:	Applegate Group
Associated type:	Metavolcanic Rock
Structure:	Thick Soil Cover

References

MRDS	M060662
DEP	10042726
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P.}{Deposit:: THAYER, T. P., 1974, UNPUBL. DATA}{Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P}{Production:: RAMP, 1961}
Reporter	Unknown, Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.