Mine detail: Trinidad Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.36303, -120.68625

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Franciscan;Knoxville
Host type:	Dunite
Structure:	Volc. And Sed. Rocks Folded Into A Syncline Which Is Roughly Symmetric About Ridge Crest.
Alteration processes:	Serpentinized Dunite

References

MRDS	M700418
DEP	10104144
Reference	{Deposit:: STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.}{Deposit:: SMITH, C.T. AND GRIGGS, A.V., 1944, CHROMITE DEPOSITS NEAR SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CA., USGS BULL 945-B, PP. 38-40.}{Deposit:: WALKER, G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1953, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN COAST RANGES OF CALIF., CDMG BULL 134 PART 3, CHAPT. 2, PP. 63-64.}
Reporter	Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)