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Sheep Rock Deposits (Big Bertha No. 1; Morgan; Campbell; Lost Creek; Hanenkrat; Liberty Chrome; Lost Buck), Canyon Creek Mining District, Grant County, Oregon, USAi
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Sheep Rock Deposits (Big Bertha No. 1; Morgan; Campbell; Lost Creek; Hanenkrat; Liberty Chrome; Lost Buck)Group of Deposits
Canyon Creek Mining DistrictMining District
Grant CountyCounty
OregonState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 19' 39'' North , 118° 44' 13'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
44.32750,-118.73694
GeoHash:
G#: 9rgs4jd6k
GRN:
N30W62
Type:
Group of Deposits
Köppen climate type:
Dsb : Warm, dry-summer continental climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Prairie City880 (2017)15.2km
Canyon City672 (2017)18.3km
John Day1,680 (2017)19.8km
Seneca193 (2017)28.4km
Mount Vernon506 (2017)31.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
151519
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:151519:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON: U.S.G.S. BULL. 725 - A. P. 43 .
Deposit:: THAYER, T. P., 1940 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, ORE. U.S.G.S., BULL. 922 - D, P. 108 .
Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-B, 1941, P. 27,
Deposit:: 36.
Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK,
Commodities (Major) - PGE - Platinum, Chromium
Deposit Type: Podiform
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Canyon Mountain Complex
Host Rock: Dunite
Tectonic Structure: Ophiolite

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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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