Mine detail: James-Corbett Mine

Previously called 'Corbett-Byles Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.30939, -120.56292

Resource(B)

Primary:	Chromium, Asbestos
Tertiary:	Iron
Ore:	Chromite, Uvarovite
Gangue:	Calcite, Magnesite, Magnetite, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1951

Geology

Host rock:	Franciscan Formation;Ponoche
Host type:	Dunite,Serpentinite
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization

References

MRDS	M100640
MAS	60190038
DEP	10043727
Reference	{Deposit:: STINSON, M.C., 1976, MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, CDMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}{Deposit:: CDMG SR 71, 19 P.}{Deposit:: USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK, V. 3, 1954, P. 207; 1955, P. 210}
Reporter	Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)