California · Butte County
Occurrence

Miller Deposit

Butte County, California, United States
Chromium
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Description

J. A. Clark, Yankee Hill, Ca

Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENSE
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10028491
MRDS IDM005480
Alternate namesMountain of Chrome Claims ?, War Eagle Mine, Clarkchrome Mine W. W. I
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.72849, -121.46188
References
CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134 III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 278U.S.BUREAU OF MINES R.I. 5172, P. 1-2SOUTHERN PAC. CO. MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NO. CALIF., V. 2, P. 21