Mine detail: Eagle Mountain Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 42.27093, -123.82699

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Serpentine
Orebody form: MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
Host type:Serpentinite
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
Alteration processes:Ultramafics Totally Serpentinized

References

MRDSM061824
DEP10043246
Reference{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1975, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UPPER CHETCO DRAINAGE AREA, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 88, P. 25.}{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, TABLE 7.}{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.}
ReporterSmith, Roscoe M., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.