Mine detail: Iowa Hill Chrome Mine

Previously called 'Williamson and Beck Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.12409, -120.78713

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Iron, Chromium
Other material: Chromite, Olivine, Pyroxene, Serpentine, Uvarovite
Discovery year: 1917

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1917

Geology

References

MAS60610651
DEP10188665
Reference{Deposit:: RYNEARSON,GA, CAL DIV MINES & GEOL. BULL 134,PT3,CHAP5,P216-}{Deposit:: BRADLET ET AL, 1918.MN & CR IN CAL,CAL ST MINING BUR BULL 76}{Deposit:: WARING,CA 1917 UNPUB CAL ST MINING BUK FIELD REPT,PLACER CO}
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