Mine detail: Mackey Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.92881, -120.43989

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Asbestos, Talc, Uvarovite
Orebody form: POD
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1865
Last production ended: 1918

Geology

Host rock:Mariposa
Host type:Harzburgite
Structure:Located In The Melones Fault Zone, Intense Shearing Of Most Rocks.
Alteration processes:Serpentinization Of Saxonite

References

MRDSM100607
DEP10043703
Reference{Deposit:: STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED}{Deposit:: CATER, F.W. JR., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 1, P. 14.}{Production:: CATER, 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 1, P. 14.}
ReporterOster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)