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Emma Bell Mine (Chrome Mountain Mine; Stanton property; Blue Eagle and Black Eagle claims), Cook and Green Butte, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USAi
Regional Level Types
Emma Bell Mine (Chrome Mountain Mine; Stanton property; Blue Eagle and Black Eagle claims)Mine
Cook and Green ButteTable/Butte
Klamath MountainsMountain Range
Siskiyou CountyCounty
CaliforniaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 56' 3'' North , 123° 9' 36'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
41.93417,-123.16000
GeoHash:
G#: 9r2qt3vs5
GRN:
N28W67
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Happy Camp1,190 (2015)24.1km
Williams1,072 (2011)33.0km
Ruch840 (2016)36.2km
Takilma378 (2011)40.1km
Fort Jones688 (2017)44.9km
Mindat Locality ID:
94209
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:94209:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A Cr-PGE (Ir-Pd-Pt-Ru-Rh) occurrence located 0.7 km (2,300 feet) SSE of Cook and Green Butte.

Mineralization is a chromite deposit (Deposit model: 15: Podiform chromite (minor)), hosted in dunite.

Local structures include schlieren.

Related tectonic structures include the Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane - Western Jurassic Belt.

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1 valid mineral.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘChromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Unclassified
ⓘ'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-

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References

Wells, F.G., Smith, C.T., Rynearson, G.H., and Livermore, J.S. (1949), Chromite deposits near Seiad and McGuffy Creeks, Siskiyou County, California: USGS Bulletin 948-B: 45-46.
Wells, F.G. and Cater, F.W. (1950) Chromite deposits of Siskiyou County, California. California Division Mines Bulletin 134, part 1, chapter 2: 101, 118.
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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