Mine detail: Saddle Chrome

Previously called 'Kerby #91'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.29954, -123.80838

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Tertiary:	Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
Ore:	Chromite
Gangue:	Talc
Orebody form:	LENSES, ANGULAR MASSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
Host type:	Dunite
Associated rock:	Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
Associated type:	Peridotite
Structure:	Rock Is Highly Sheared Adjacent To Ore
Tectonic:	Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane

References

MRDS	M061599
DEP	10098530
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 44.}{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.}
Reporter	Unknown, Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.