Mine detail: Dark Star

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.3201, -123.81755

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Gangue:	Serpentine, Talc
Orebody form:	FLOAT

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Josephine Peridotite
Host type:	Peridotite
Structure:	Landslide - Ore Is Badly Scrambled

References

MRDS	M061579
DEP	10109707
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 PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P}
Reporter	Gray, Jerry J., Unknown, Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.)