Mine detail: Prospectors Dream

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Location:	Curry County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long:	42.27704, -123.85477
dep_id:	10043084
mrds_id:	M061573
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Ruthenium, Iridium, Rhodium
Minor mineral:	Silver, Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Chromite
gangue:	Aragonite, Talc
orebody_fm:	LENS, WISPS, SCHLIEREN
model:	15: Podiform chromite (minor)
alteration:	Partly Serpentinized
conc_proc:	Magmatic Segregation
ore_ctrl:	Magmatic Segregation
Reporter:	Johnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit:	Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
hrock_type:	Dunite
arock_type:	Hornblendite
Structure:	Several Small Faults
tectonic:	Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
References:	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