Mine detail: Big Chief

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.35621, -123.65672

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Josephine Peridotite
Host type:	Serpentinite

References

MRDS	M061639
DEP	10109712
Reference	{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P.}{Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 19798 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P}
Reporter	Unknown, Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.