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White Cedar deposit, Pecwan (Pekwan), Klamath Mountains, Humboldt County, California, USAi
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White Cedar depositDeposit
Pecwan (Pekwan)- not defined -
Klamath MountainsMountain Range
Humboldt CountyCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 23' 1'' North , 123° 46' 45'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
41.38361,-123.77917
GRN:
N28W67
Type:
Deposit
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Orick357 (2015)25.8km
Klamath779 (2011)26.8km
Westhaven-Moonstone1,205 (2011)46.3km
Trinidad357 (2017)47.2km
Willow Creek1,710 (2011)50.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
76930
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:76930:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A Cr-PGE (Ir-Pd-Rh-Ru-Pt) deposit located in sec. 36, T12N, R3E, HM, 7.6 km (4.7 miles) NE of Pecwan.

Mineralization is a Podiform chromite deposit hosted in dunite.

Related tectonic structures include the Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane.

Reserve-Resource data are found in: Carlson and others (1985).

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘChromite ?4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
ⓘMagnesiochromite4.BB.05MgCr2O4
Unclassified
ⓘ'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-

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References

Wells, F.G. and Hawkes, H.E. (1965) Chromite deposits of Shasta, Tehama, Trinity and Humboldt counties, California. California Division Mines and Geology Bulletin 134, part 1, chapter 3: 186, Pl. 19.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
Carlson, C.A., et al (1985), Analyses for Platinum-Group Elements in Samples from Podiform Chromite Deposits, California and Oregon: USGS Open-File Report 85-442, 14 p.
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