Mine detail: Stowbridge Chromite Deposit

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Location: Newfoundland, Canada, North America
Lat / long: 49.23486, -57.06279
dep_id: 10095400
mrds_id: M046819
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Trace mineral: PGE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chromite
orebody_fm: PODIFORM
alteration: Dunite - Serpentinized
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Dunite
arock_type: Peridotite,Dunite,Pyroxenite
Structure: Appears To Be In Sequence Peridotite - Dunite With Chromite - Clinopyroxenite; Local Flowage Folds Present
tectonic: Ophiolite
References:
  • SMITH, C. H., 1958 , BAY OF ISLANDS IGNEOUS COMPLEX, WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CANADA, MEM. 290 , P. 97 - 10
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