Mine detail: Pick and Shovel Mine

Previously called 'Safety Chrome Mine'

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Location: San Luis Obispo County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.35775, -120.66903
dep_id: 10048018
mrds_id: M700416
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chromite
orebody_fm: LENSE
alteration: Serpentinization Of Saxonite, Dunite, Pyroxenite
Reporter: Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)
hrock_unit: Toro
hrock_type: Serpentinite
Structure: Deposit Cut By 3 Low Angle Normal Faults, Dipping 25 To 35 Sw And Striking To Nw.
Year first produced: 1885
yr_lst_prd: 1958
References:
  • Deposit:: STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
  • Deposit:: SMITH, C.T. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1944, CHROMITE DEPOSITS NEAR SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA., USGS BULL 945-B, P. 40.
  • Deposit:: WALKER, W.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1953, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF., CDMG BULL 134 PART 2, CHAPT. 2, P. 64.
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