Mine detail: Oregon Chrome Mine

Previously called 'Black BeautyRobertson MineIllinois River Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.36092, -123.77176

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Tertiary:	Iron, Rhodium
Other material:	Chromite, Enstatite, Olivine, Serpentine, Spinel

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1917

Geology

References

MRDS	MO61791
MAS	410330015
DEP	10128659
Reference	{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 52, 1961,}{Deposit:: P. 50-53.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-694, 1975.}{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 100, 1979,}{Deposit:: PLATE 2, NO. 249.}
Reporter	Lowe, Nathan T.