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⇱ Dead Horse Occurrence, Waldo Mining District, Josephine County, Oregon, USA

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Dead Horse Occurrence, Waldo Mining District, Josephine County, Oregon, USAi
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Dead Horse OccurrenceOccurrence
Waldo Mining DistrictMining District
Josephine CountyCounty
OregonState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 7' 54'' North , 123° 23' 57'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Williams1,072 (2011)14.1km
Takilma378 (2011)20.2km
Cave Junction1,932 (2017)20.8km
Kerby595 (2011)21.9km
Selma695 (2011)24.2km
Mindat Locality ID:
148493
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:148493:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P PLATE 2, NO. 388
Deposit:: RAMP, L., 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 52, TABLE 16, NO. 108, P.161
Commodities (Major) - Chromium
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock: Serpentinite

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.


Mineral List


1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

Entries shown in red are rocks recorded for this region.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘChromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
CrChromium
Crⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
FeIron
Feⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4

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