Mine detail:
*rien Mine

Previously called 'S-Bend Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.826, -121.89744

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Gangue:	Talc
Orebody form:	POD, LENS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Amador Group;Calaveras Group
Host type:	Dunite,Harzburgite,Pyroxenite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	A Fault With Considerable Apparent Displacement Is Exposed In Lower Adit And On Surface.
Alteration processes:	Serpentinization, Chloritization

References

MRDS	M100636
DEP	10098579
Reference	{Deposit:: STINSON, M.C., 1976, MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, CDMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}{Deposit:: CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHPT. 4, P. 156}{Production:: CDMG BULL 134, P. 156}{Reserve-Resource:: CDMG BULL 134, P. 156.}
Reporter	Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)