| Lat / long: | 36.02386, -118.95372 |
| Primary: | Chromium |
| Tertiary: | Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium |
| Ore: | Chromite |
| Gangue: | Olivine, Serpentine |
| Orebody form: | LENSES OF MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED ORE |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1895 |
| Last production ended: | 1918 |
| 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 |
| MRDS | M100203 |
| DEP | 10043440 |
| 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} |
| Reporter | Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.), Peterson, Jocelyn A. |