Mine detail: Jim Bus

Previously called 'Illinois Chrome MineRobbin'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.34065, -123.77422

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Gangue:	Talc
Orebody form:	LENS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Dunite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Shear Zone - N75w, 77sw Dip
Alteration processes:	Talc Increases Near Dike

References

MRDS	M061603
DEP	10109709
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 RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P}
Reporter	Unknown, Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.