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Young's Mine (Dailey Dozen Claims), Pearsoll Peak area, Josephine County, Oregon, USAi
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Young's Mine (Dailey Dozen Claims)Mine
Pearsoll Peak areaArea
Josephine CountyCounty
OregonState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 17' 59'' North , 123° 48' 50'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Selma695 (2011)16.4km
Kerby595 (2011)17.8km
Cave Junction1,932 (2017)20.4km
O'Brien504 (2011)27.4km
Takilma378 (2011)31.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
153492
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:153492:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 43.
Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 40, 1949,
Deposit:: MAP NO. 91.
Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 100, 1979,
Deposit:: PLATE 2, NO. 275.
Deposit:: PAGE, N.J, JOHNSON, M.G., HAFFTY, JOSEPH, AND RAMP, LEN, 1975, OCCURRENCE OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS IN ULTRAMAF
Commodities (Major) - Chromium; (Trace) - PGE - Rhodium, PGE - Platinum, PGE - Palladium, PGE - Ruthenium, PGE - Iridium
Development Status: Past Producer
Deposit Model: 15: Podiform chromite (minor)
Host Rock Unit: Josephine Peridotite
Structure: Landslides And Numerous Offsets On Transverse Faults.
Host Rock: Dunite
Tectonic Structure: Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane

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3 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Chromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Group 9 - Silicates
Uvarovite9.AD.25Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3
Talc9.EC.05Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Unclassified
'Serpentine Subgroup'-D3[Si2O5](OH)4

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
H Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
OOxygen
O ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
O TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
O UvaroviteCa3Cr2(SiO4)3
O Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
MgMagnesium
Mg TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
Si UvaroviteCa3Cr2(SiO4)3
Si Serpentine SubgroupD3[Si2O5](OH)4
CaCalcium
Ca UvaroviteCa3Cr2(SiO4)3
CrChromium
Cr ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Cr UvaroviteCa3Cr2(SiO4)3
FeIron
Fe ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4

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