Mine detail: North Fork Chrome Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.16128, -120.78714

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Dunite
Structure:	Peridotite Fractured By Two Prominent Sets Of Joints, Clearing The Rock Mass Into Roughly Rectangular Boulders
Alteration processes:	Complete Serpentinization Of Dunite

References

MRDS	M100628
DEP	10043717
Reference	{Deposit:: RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 207, 208, 311}{Deposit:: STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.}{Production:: CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 208}
Reporter	Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)