Mine detail: Mccaleb No. 1

Previously called 'Sourdough No. 1McCale
* Sourdough No. 1Part of Mccaleb Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.27815, -123.8331

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Tertiary:	Rhodium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium
Ore:	Chromite
Gangue:	Talc
Orebody form:	MASSIVE, DISSEMINATED LENSES

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
Tectonic:	Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
Alteration processes:	Serpentinized

References

MRDS	MP00071
DEP	10104158
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTIRES BULLETIN 52, P. 106.}{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:: RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER, G.H., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, TABLE 7.}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.)