Mine detail: Pillikin Mine Area 5

Previously called 'Placer Chrome Co. Workings'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.79406, -121.08964

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Epidote
Orebody form:	LENSES, PODS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Dunite
Associated type:	Lherzolite,Pyroxenite
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization, Silicification

References

MRDS	M100581
DEP	10043682
Reference	{Deposit:: CDMG BULL 134, P. 142}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 922-0, P. 452-453}{Reserve-Resource:: USGS BULL 922-0, P. 453}
Reporter	Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)