Mine detail: Little Siberia

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 42.27649, -123.84866

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Rhodium, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Platinum
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Talc
Orebody form: STRINGERS, LENSES, SCHLIEREN, DISSEMINATED

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
Host type:Dunite
Structure:Landslide
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
Alteration processes:Serpentinized

References

MRDSM061574
DEP10043085
Reference{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 103-104.}{Deposit:: THAYER, T.P., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA}{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., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, P. 31.}{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.