Mine detail: Illinois River Sulfide Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

42.42982, -124.01145

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Nickel
Secondary:	Cobalt, Gold
Tertiary:	Palladium, Platinum
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED, MASSIVE

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Pyroxenite
Structure:	Thrust Slices Of Ophiolitic And Island-Arc Rocks, Steeply Dipping Faults
Tectonic:	Coastal Belt Accreted Terranes

References

MRDS	MP00262
DEP	10095812
Reference	{Deposit:: FOOSE, M.P., 1986, SETTING OF A MAGMATIC SULFIDE OCCURRENCE IN A DISMEMBERED OPHIOLITE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1626-A, 23 P.}{Deposit:: PAGE, N.J, AND OTHERS, 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS AREA, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1240-A, SCALE 1:62,500.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.