Mine detail: Aurora Quicksilver Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.39161, -120.6796

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Ore: Chromite, Uvarovite
Orebody form: LENSE, POD
Discovery year: 1853

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1943

Geology

Host rock:Franciscan;Panoche
Host type:Serpentinite

References

MRDSM100140
DEP10043397
Reference{Deposit:: WALKER, G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1953, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA, CALIF.: DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 2, CHAPT. 2, P 54, 55, 80.}{Deposit:: ECKEL E.B. AND MYERS, W.B., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT, SAN BENITO AND FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIF., IN CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 42, NO. 2, P. 89, 106, 107.}
ReporterOster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)