California · Placer County
Past Producer

North Fork Chrome Mine

Placer County, California, United States
Chromium
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Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite
Geology
Host rockDunite
StructurePeridotite Fractured By Two Prominent Sets Of Joints, Clearing The Rock Mass Into Roughly Rectangular Boulders
AlterationComplete Serpentinization Of Dunite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10043717
MRDS IDM100628
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.16128, -120.78714
References
RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 207, 208, 311STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 208