Mine detail: Prospectors Dream

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Location

Lat / long: 42.27704, -123.85477

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Ruthenium, Iridium, Rhodium
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Aragonite, Talc
Orebody form: LENS, WISPS, SCHLIEREN

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
Host type:Dunite
Associated type:Hornblendite
Structure:Several Small Faults
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
Alteration processes:Partly Serpentinized

References

MRDSM061573
DEP10043084
Reference{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 104.}{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 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-694, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1979, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, TABLE 7.}{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.}{Deposit:: PAGE, N.J, MILLER, M.S., GRIMES, D.J., LEINZ, R.W., BLAKELY, R.J., LIPIN, B.R., FOOSE, M.P., AND GRAY, FLOYD, 1982, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL MAP OF THE KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1240-E, SCALE 1:62,500.}{Reserve-Resource:: PAGE AND OTHERS, 1982}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.