Mine detail: Cass Ranch

Previously called 'Possibly Same As Glade View'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.14205, -122.85057

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Tertiary:	Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
Ore:	Chromite
Orebody form:	MASSIVE, DISSEMINATED, BANDED STRINGERS AND IRREGULAR SHAPED PODS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Applegate Group
Host type:	Dunite
Associated rock:	Applegate Group
Associated type:	Peridotite
Structure:	Cleavage In Host Rocks Trends N25w And Dips 42sw. Jointing Trends N64e
Tectonic:	Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization

References

MRDS	M061180
DEP	10042895
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 92.}{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	Mason, G., Peterson, Jocelyn A.