Mine detail: Red Mountain Mines

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.0615, -122.83974

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Tertiary:	Platinum, Rhodium, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium
Ore:	Chromite
Gangue:	Calcite, Magnetite
Orebody form:	PODS OF MASSIVE ORE, IRREGULAR STRINGERS, DISSEMINATED

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Dutchman Peak Melange;Dutchman Peak Melange
Host type:	Dunite
Structure:	Chromite Ore Bodies Are Highly Fractured
Tectonic:	Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
Alteration processes:	Malachite, Calcite, Chrome Chlorite On Fractures

References

MRDS	M061619
DEP	10109711
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 89-90.}{Deposit:: THAYER, T.P., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA}{Deposit:: PAGE, N.J, JOHNSON, M.G., HAFFTY, JOSEPH, AND RAMP, LEN, 1975, OCCURRENCE OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF THE MEDFORD-COOS BAY 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-694, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: FERNS, M.L., 1979, PETROLOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF THE WRANGLE GAP-RED MOUNTAIN ULTRAMAFIC BODY: EUGENE, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, MS THESIS, 125 P.}{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.}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.