Mine detail: Judy Mine

Previously called 'Hicks MineVictory No. 2'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.92676, -123.98227

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Tertiary:	Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
Ore:	Chromite
Gangue:	Olivine
Orebody form:	MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED, CIGAR-SHAPED LENS
Discovery year:	1941

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1942
Last production ended:	1956

Geology

Host type:	Dunite
Associated rock:	Josephine Ophiolite
Associated type:	Harzburgite
Structure:	A Fault, Striking N45w And Dipping 64sw, Cuts Ore At Depth Of 8 M
Tectonic:	Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
Alteration processes:	Ultramafic Rocks Intensely Serpentinized In Shear Zones

References

MRDS	M100588
DEP	10103913
Reference	{Deposit:: STINSON, M.C., 1975, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUB.}{Deposit:: WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W., JR., AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT. 1, CH. 1, P. 36-38.}{Deposit:: CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.}{Deposit:: *RIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, P. 273-289.}{Production:: STINSON, 1975}
Reporter	Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.