Mine detail: Holston Mine

Previously called 'Vaughn Ranch MineVaughn Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.02386, -118.95372

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Olivine, Serpentine
Orebody form: LENSES OF MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED ORE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1895
Last production ended: 1918

Geology

Host type:Dunite
Associated rock:Kings-Kaweah Ophiolite
Associated type:Peridotite
Structure:Intense Shearing
Tectonic:Sierra Nevada Accreted Terrane
Alteration processes:Ultramafic Rocks Highly Serpentinized

References

MRDSM100203
DEP10043440
Reference{Deposit:: STINSON, M.C., 1975, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUB.}{Deposit:: RYNEARSON, G.A., 1948, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT. 3, CH. 3, P. 98}{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:: GOODWIN, J.G., 1958, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TULARE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 54, NO. 3, P. 336.}{Production:: RYNEARSON, 1948}
ReporterOster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.