Mine detail: Grey Claim

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Location: Napa County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.8096, -122.37162
dep_id: 10031651
mrds_id: M010775
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Trace mineral: Ruthenium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Rhodium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chromite
gangue: Olivine
orebody_fm: CLOSELY PACKED LENSES
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 15: Podiform chromite (minor)
conc_proc: Magmatic Segregation
ore_ctrl: Magmatic Segregation
Reporter: Gere, W., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Dunite
arock_unit: Coast Range Ophiolite
arock_type: Peridotite
Structure: Shear Zone
tectonic: California Coast Ranges
References:
  • Deposit:: DOW, D.H., AND THAYER, T.P., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT. 2, CH. 1, P. 21.
  • 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:: AVERITT, PAUL, 1945, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE KNOXVILLE DISTRICT, NAPA, YOLO, AND LAKE COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 41, NO. 2, PL. 6.
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