Mine detail: Irene Chromite

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.00982, -123.9681

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Orebody form:	LENS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Josephine Peridotite
Host type:	Serpentinite
Structure:	In Shear Zone

References

MRDS	M060686
DEP	10109664
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P.}{Deposit:: THAYER, T. P., 1974, UNPUBL. DATA}{Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.30}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.