Mine detail: Southwest Oregon Beach Sands

Previously called 'Shepard MineSection 33 DepositLagoons AreaEagle MinePioneer MineIndependence MineButler Or Baker MineChickamin MineKrome Corporation Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.3165, -124.6012

Resource(B)

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Garnet, Aluminum, Calcium, Gold, Iron, Platinum, Silica, Titanium, Zirconium
Other material: Chromite, Epidote, Garnet, Ilmenite, Manganite, Olivine, Pyroxene, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
Discovery year: 1852

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1943

Geology

References

MRDSM015557
MAS410110014
DEP10127508
Reference{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 945-E, 1944, P. 140.}{Reserve-Resource:: USGS BULLETIN 945E GEOLOGY OF DEPOSITS RESOURCE ESTIMATES}{Reserve-Resource:: AND EXPLORATION.}
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