Mine detail: Gardner Mine

Previously called '3 Claims: 4th of JulySwedeSusie'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.19732, -123.98199

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium, Ruthenium
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Calcite, Talc
Orebody form: STRINGERS, LENS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Josephine Ophiolite
Host type:Serpentinite
Associated type:Mafic Metamorphic Rock
Structure:Highly Sheared; Thrusting, Normal Faulting
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane

References

MRDSM061614
DEP10043116
Reference{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 98-99.}{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. 30.}{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.