Mine detail: Winton Mt. Chrome

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Location: Curry County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.01454, -123.99672
dep_id: 10042737
mrds_id: M060687
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chromite
orebody_fm: LENS
Reporter: Unknown, Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_type: Serpentinite
Structure: Shear Zone Possible Faulted Zone Of Considerable Size
References:
  • 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, 79P.
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