Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Geology
Host rockDunite · Franciscan;Knoxville
StructureVolc. And Sed. Rocks Folded Into A Syncline Which Is Roughly Symmetric About Ridge Crest.
AlterationSerpentinized Dunite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1885
Last production1958
Identification
Deposit ID10104144
MRDS IDM700418
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.36303, -120.68625
References
STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.SMITH, C.T. AND GRIGGS, A.V., 1944, CHROMITE DEPOSITS NEAR SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CA., USGS BULL 945-B, PP. 38-40.WALKER, G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1953, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN COAST RANGES OF CALIF., CDMG BULL 134 PART 3, CHAPT. 2, PP. 63-64.