Mine detail: Youn
* Mine

Previously called 'Dailey Dozen Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.29954, -123.81505

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Tertiary:	Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
Ore:	Chromite
Gangue:	Serpentine, Talc, Uvarovite
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED, SMALL LENSES, AND SOME MASSIVE ORE

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
Host type:	Dunite
Structure:	Landslides And Numerous Offsets On Transverse Faults.
Tectonic:	Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
Alteration processes:	Dunite Largely Altered To Serpentine And Talc

References

MRDS	M061598
DEP	10043104
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 43.}{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:: 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.}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Peterson, Jocelyn A.