Mine detail: Shady Cove

Previously called 'Part of Sordy Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.45788, -123.72588

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Talc
Orebody form: LENS, LINEAR ZONES, BANDED, DISSEMINATED

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
Host type:Peridotite
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane

References

MRDSM061553
DEP10043070
Reference{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 77-79.}{Deposit:: THAYER, T.P., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA}{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 100, TABLE 1.}{Deposit:: PAGE, N.J, JOHNSON, M.G., HAFFTY, JOSEPH, AND RAMP, LEN, 1975, OCCURRENCE OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF THE MEDFORD-COOS BAY 2 DEGREE QUANDRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-694, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1952, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON--JOSEPHINE COUNTY (2D ED.): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 2, SEC. 1, P. 145-146.}{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.}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.