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Eagle Mountain Prospect, Pearsoll Peak, Curry County, Oregon, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 16' 16'' North , 123° 49' 33'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
42.27111,-123.82583
GeoHash:
G#: 9pxbqr0z0
GRN:
N29W66
Type:
Prospect
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Kerby595 (2011)16.7km
Selma695 (2011)17.3km
Cave Junction1,932 (2017)18.9km
O'Brien504 (2011)24.8km
Takilma378 (2011)29.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
148669
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:148669:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1975, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UPPER CHETCO DRAINAGE AREA, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 88, P. 25.
Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RES
Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 88, 1975, TABLE 1,
Deposit:: NO. 14, P. 25.
Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 93, 1977, TABLE 8,
Deposit:: NO. 14 (PLATE 1).
Commodities (Major) - Chromium; (Trace) - PGE - Rhodium, PGE - Palladium, PGE - Platinum
Development Status: Occurrence
Deposit Model: 15: Podiform chromite (minor)
Host Rock Unit: Rogue Volcanics
Host Rock: Serpentinite
Tectonic Structure: Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘChromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Unclassified
ⓘ'Serpentine Subgroup'-D3[Si2O5](OH)4

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HHydrogen
Hⓘ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
OOxygen
Oⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Oⓘ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
CrChromium
Crⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
FeIron
Feⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4

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