Mine detail: Sourpuss Claim

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Location: Del Norte County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.69538, -123.95532
dep_id: 10043435
mrds_id: M100196
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chromite
ore_ctrl: Locally Sheared
Reporter: Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)
hrock_type: Dunite,Harzburgite
arock_type: Dunite,Harzburgite
Structure: Little Rattlesnake Mtn. Apparently Occupies The Crest Of An Anticline.
References:
  • WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W. AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 1, P. 26
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