Mine detail: Shanks and Copps Claim

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Location: Sonoma County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.71544, -123.02747
dep_id: 10043535
mrds_id: M100316
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chromite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR, LENSE
Reporter: Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)
hrock_type: Serpentinite
References:
  • Deposit:: DOW, D.H., AND THAYER, T.P., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLTIN 134, PART 2, CHAPT. 1, P. 28, 36.
  • Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A., 1918, CHROMIUM, IN BRADLEY, W.W. AND OTHERS, MANGANESE AND CHROMIUM IN CALIF: CALIF STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN NO. 76, P. 203.
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