Mine detail: Chambers Mine

Previously called 'ChambersGeorge Len'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.35015, -118.81636

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Other material: Chromite, Olivine, Pyroxene, Serpentine, Spinel
Discovery year: 1917

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1918

Geology

References

MRDSM014921
MAS410230006
DEP10298900
Reference{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 725-A, 1920, P. 52.}{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 9, 1938, P. 60.}{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-B, 1941, P. 21.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5238, 1956, P. 9.}{Reserve-Resource:: HUNDHAUSEN, R.J., 1956, JOHN DAY CHROMITE STUDIES,}{Reserve-Resource:: BUMINES RI 5238.}
ReporterLowe, Nathan T.