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Mc Caleb Group

Producer in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Rhodium, Palladium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001005
MRDS ID M061569
Record type District
Current site name Mc Caleb Group
Alternate or previous names Sourdough No. 2
Related records 10200632

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.83616, 42.27792 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position IN KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS IN SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST. IN GULCH AT HEAD OF SLIDE CREEK. UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION. LAT/LONG GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL NEAR BOUNDARY BETWEEN SECS. 11 AND 12; UTM FOR THIS IS 4680790N, 431140E., ACC FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Primary
Platinum Tertiary
Rhodium Tertiary
Palladium Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.83616, 42.27792
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structural terms FAULTING
Structure description HIGH-ANGLE FAULTING AND LANDSLIDES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magmatic segregation: MAGMATIC SEGREGATION

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 106.

  • Deposit

    THAYER, T.P., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.J, JOHNSON, M.G., HAFFTY, JOSEPH, AND RAMP, LEN, 1975, OCCURRENCE OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF THE MEDFORD-COOS BAY 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-694, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, P. 31.