Mine detail: Sour Dough

Previously called 'Baldface'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.04065, -123.95033

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Dunite
Structure:East Limb Of Northwest - Plunging Anticline; Faults And Shear Zones

References

MRDSM060684
DEP10042735
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 OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.31}{Deposit:: WELLS, F.G. AND OTHERS, 1940, CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN THE SOURDOUGH AREA, CURRY COUNTY AND THE BRIGGS CREEK AREA, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; USGS BULL. 922-P, P.475}{Production:: THAYER FILES & RAMP}
ReporterFerns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Unknown