Mine detail: South Slope Mine 1918

Previously called 'Daisy Mine 1953Aldelabran Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.89884, -121.34128

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite, Uvarovite
Orebody form:	POD. IRREGULAR, OTHER STRINGERS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1925
Last production ended:	1957

Geology

Host type:	Ultramafic Intrusive Rock,Dunite
Associated type:	Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Tectonic:	California Coastal Ranges, Santa Lucia Mtns.
Alteration processes:	Ultrabasic Rocks Altered To Serpentine

References

MRDS	M100137
DEP	10043394
Reference	{Deposit:: WALKER, G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1953, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN COAST RANGES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 2, CHAPT. 2, P53-54, 80}{Deposit:: HART, E.W., 1966, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIF., COUNTY REPORT NUMBER 5, CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P.32, 121}
Reporter	Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)