Mine detail: Pillikin Area 1

Previously called 'East Basin'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.77795, -121.08825

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Gangue:	Diallage, Enstatite, Magnesite, Olivine, Serpentine, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR VEINS, LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Dunite
Associated type:	Pyroxenite
Structure:	A Large Fault Trending N 25 E Cuts Off Ore Bearing Dunite To South.
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization, Alternation To Talc And Magnesite.

References

MRDS	M100577
DEP	10043678
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 922-0, P. 441-444}{Deposit:: CDMG BULL 134, P. 137-138}{Deposit:: 1940 GEOLMAP WELLS, PAGE, JAMES, YATES, FURNISH, KOENIG USGS BULL 922-}{Production:: CDMG BULL 134, P. 138}{Reserve-Resource:: CDMG BULL 134, P. 138.}
Reporter	Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)