California · Butte County
Past Producer

North Star

Butte County, California, United States
Chromium
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Description

B. J. Mullins

Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10098223
MRDS IDM005545
Alternate namesRed Mountain
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.57488, -121.19904
References
RYNEARSON, G. A., 1953, California Division of Mines and Geology BULL 134, PT.3, CHAPT.5, P. 283, 284, 301SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 19 (Reprinted as California Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 94, 1987)California Division of Mines and Geology BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 284