Mine detail: Big Four

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.2801, -123.80088

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Orebody form:	NOT SEEN IN PLACE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1952

Geology

Host rock:	Josephine Peridotite
Host type:	Serpentinite
Associated type:	Hornblendite

References

MRDS	M061590
DEP	10043097
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P.}{Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Unknown