Mine detail: Liberty Chrome

Previously called 'CampbellProvince Chrome LodeLast Chance'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.33041, -118.73716

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium, Platinum, Copper, Nickel, Palladium
Ore:	Chromite
Orebody form:	PODS AND LENSES
Discovery year:	1918

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Canyon Mountain Complex;Canyon Mountain Complex
Host type:	Pyroxenite
Tectonic:	Ochoco-Blue Mountains

References

MRDS	M025546
DEP	10095345
Reference	{Deposit:: STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1977, ECONOMIC APPARISAL OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-420, P. 91-93.}{Deposit:: THAYER, T.P., 1940, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-D, P. 108-109.}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.