Mine detail: New London Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.3533, -120.68958

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Orebody form:	LENSE
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1882
Last production ended:	1957

Geology

Host rock:	Monterey
Host type:	Serpentinite
Associated type:	Dunite,Harzburgite,Pyroxenite
Structure:	Synclinally Folded Members Of Monterey Fm. Under Landslide Block.
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization Of Saxonite, Dunite, Minor Pyroxenite

References

MRDS	M700414
DEP	10048016
Reference	{Deposit:: STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED}{Production:: STINSON, 1975}
Reporter	Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)