Mine detail: Chrome King No. 3

Previously called 'Part of Chrome King Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.31204, -123.81838

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Magnetite, Talc
Orebody form: PODS, LENSES

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1939
Last production ended: 1953

Geology

Host rock:Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
Host type:Dunite
Associated rock:Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
Associated type:Peridotite
Structure:Faults With Small Offset Strike N
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
Alteration processes:Ultramafics Are Almost Totally Serpentinized

References

MRDSM060531
DEP10109653
Reference{Deposit:: THAYER, T.P., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA.}{Deposit:: ALLEN, J.E., 1941, CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON (REVISED ED.): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 9, P. 44-45.}{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 58-59.}{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.}
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