Mine detail: Mc Caleb Group

Previously called 'Sourdough No. 2'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.27792, -123.83616

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Palladium, Rhodium, Platinum

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: MAGMATIC SEGREGATION
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Structure:HIGH-ANGLE FAULTING AND LANDSLIDES

References

MRDSM061569
DEP60001005
Reference{Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 106.}{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:: RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, P. 31.}