Mine detail: Hole In the Ground

Previously called 'SarinaLucky Queen Gold Claim'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.95343, -124.01227

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Olivine
Orebody form: UNKNOWN

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Dunite
Associated rock:Josephine Ophiolite
Associated type:Peridotite
Structure:Intense Shearing
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane - Western Jurassic Belt

References

MRDSM007280
DEP10029615
Reference{Deposit:: WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W., JR., AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT. 1, CH. 1, P. 32.}{Deposit:: CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.}{Deposit:: *RIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 48, NO. 4, P. 273, 289.}{Production:: WELLS AND OTHERS}
ReporterGere, W., Peterson, Jocelyn A.