Mine detail: Big Bear

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 42.40288, -123.60922

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Rhodium
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Serpentine
Orebody form: LENS, STRINGERS, SOME MASSIVE ORE

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
Host type:Serpentinite
Structure:Shearing
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
Alteration processes:Serpentinization

References

MRDSM061636
DEP10043130
Reference{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 133.}{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, AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 100, TABLE 1.}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.