Mine detail: Unnamed Prospect

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Location: Del Norte County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.91176, -123.90144
dep_id: 10048450
mrds_id: MP00037
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Trace mineral: Iridium, Palladium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Platinum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chromite
gangue: Olivine
orebody_fm: UNKNOWN, PRESUMED DISSEMINATED
model: 15: Podiform chromite (minor)
conc_proc: Magmatic Segregation
ore_ctrl: Magamtic Segregation
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Dunite
arock_unit: Josephine Ophiolite
arock_type: Harzburgite
tectonic: Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane - Western Jurassic Belt
References:
  • 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
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