Mine detail: Pick and Shovel Mine

Previously called 'Safety Chrome Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.35775, -120.66903

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Orebody form:	LENSE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1885
Last production ended:	1958

Geology

Host rock:	Toro
Host type:	Serpentinite
Structure:	Deposit Cut By 3 Low Angle Normal Faults, Dipping 25 To 35 Sw And Striking To Nw.
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization Of Saxonite, Dunite, Pyroxenite

References

MRDS	M700416
DEP	10048018
Reference	{Deposit:: STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED}{Deposit:: SMITH, C.T. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1944, CHROMITE DEPOSITS NEAR SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA., USGS BULL 945-B, P. 40.}{Deposit:: WALKER, W.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B.,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.}
Reporter	Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)