Mine detail: Pillikin Mine Area 2

Previously called 'Bonanza King Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.78128, -121.08714

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Gangue:	Magnesite, Talc
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR LENSES AND STRINGERS
Discovery year:	1853

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Peridotite,Dunite,Lherzolite,Pyroxenite,Serpentinite
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization, Silicification, Alteration To Talc And Magnesite

References

MRDS	M700415
DEP	10048017
Reference	{Deposit:: CDMG BULL 134, P. 134-135.}{Deposit:: STINSON, M.C., 1976, MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, CDMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 922-0, P. 444-447.}{Deposit:: 1940 GEOLMAP WELLS, PAGE, JAMES, YATES, FURNISH, KOENIG USGS BULL 922-}{Production:: CDMG BULL 134, P. 138-139.}
Reporter	Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)