Mine detail: Sunshine Mine

Previously called 'Little Red Mountain GroupRed Mountain No. 3Pine Grove'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.22652, -122.96471

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Gangue:	Uvarovite
Orebody form:	LENSE
Discovery year:	1925

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1915
Last production ended:	1956

Geology

Host type:

Serpentinite

References

MRDS	M100223
DEP	10103905
Reference	{Deposit:: STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.}{Deposit:: WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 159, 160, 163.}{Production:: CDMG BULL 134, PT. 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 159, 160, 163.}
Reporter	Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)