California · El Dorado County
Past Producer

Pilliken Mine

El Dorado County, California, United States
ChromiumIron
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Commodities
PrimaryChromium
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsChromite, Magnesite, Olivine, Serpentine, Uvarovite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1915
Discovery year1853
Identification
Deposit ID10236310
MRDS IDM100577
Alternate namesPillikan, Flagstaff Hills/Pilliken
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.78209, -121.09273
References
CATER,F.W.,JR.,ET AL., GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITEIN CALIFORNIA, CHAPTER 4, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF ELDORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA., CALIF. DIV. OF MINES BULL.134, PART III, OCTOBER 1951.CARLSON,D.W., PILLIKEN MINE. PRELIMINARY REPORT NO. 8, APRIL1953, EL DORADO COUNTY.CLARK,L.D., STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF PART OF THEWESTERN METAMORPHIC BELT,CALIFORNIA,U.S.G.S. PROF.PAPER 410, 1964.LINDGREN,WALDMER,TURNER, U.S.G.S. GEOL.ATLAS,PLACERVILLE,SACREMENTO,AND JACKSON FOLIO REPRINTS (NOS.3,5,AND 11),P.4, 1984, REPRINTED 1914.MCMILLAN,W.D., PRELIMINARY REPORT ON U.S. CHROME MINES,PILLIKEN CHROME DISTRICT, EL DORADO COUNTY; US BUMINESPRELIMINARY REPORT, 13P., AUGUST, 1941.WELLS,F.G., CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE PILLIKEN AREA, ELDORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; U.S.G.S. BULL 922-0, 1940.WETZEL,N.,NOKLEBERG,W., PLATE TECTONIC AND STRUCTURALRELATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN AND THE DEFORMATION OF THEWESTERN METAMORPHIC BELT ALONG THE MARGIN OF THECENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH, GEOL.SOC.OF AMER.ABSTRACT, 72ND ANNUAL MEETING, VOL.8,NO.3,FEB.1976.WETZEL,N.,GALE.G., THE PILLIKEN CHORMITE DEPOSIT EL DORADOCOUNTY, CALIFORNIA, US BUMINES MAS DEPOSIT REPORT,UNPUBLISHED, JUNE 1980.