Mine detail: Kangaroo Mountain

Previously called 'Anniversary MineKubli'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.92094, -123.1917

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Olivine
Orebody form: DISSEMINATED
Discovery year: 1918

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1941

Geology

Host type:Dunite
Associated rock:Seiad Valley Complex
Associated type:Peridotite,Gneiss
Structure:Schlieren
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
Alteration processes:Peridotite Partly Serpentinized

References

MRDSW025616
DEP10077721
Reference{Deposit:: WELLS, F.G., AND CATER, F.W., JR., 1950, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT. 1, CH. 2, P. 118.}{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.}{Deposit:: WELLS, F.G., SMITH, C.T., RYNEARSON, G.H., AND LIVERMORE J.S., 1949, CHROMITE DEPOSITS NEAR SEIAD AND MCGUFFY CREEKS, SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 948-B, P. 44.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.