Mine detail: Basey Chromite Deposit

Previously called 'Black Warrior'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.04316, -122.83669

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Gangue:	Anthophyllite, Magnetite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Dunite
Associated type:	Plutonic Rock

References

MRDS	M061703
DEP	10043172
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P.}{Deposit:: THAYER, T.P., 1974, UNPUBLISHED DATA}{Deposit:: FERNS, M.L., 1979, PETROLOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF THE WRANGLE GAP-RED MOUNTAIN ULTRAMAFIC BODY; UNIV. OREGON MS THESIS, 124PP.}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.