Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSE, POD
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite, Uvarovite
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite · Franciscan;Panoche
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1943
Discovery year1853
Identification
Deposit ID10043397
MRDS IDM100140
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.39161, -120.6796
References
WALKER, G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1953, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA, CALIF.: DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 2, CHAPT. 2, P 54, 55, 80.ECKEL E.B. AND MYERS, W.B., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT, SAN BENITO AND FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIF., IN CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 42, NO. 2, P. 89, 106, 107.