Mine detail: Pick and Shovel Mine

Previously called 'Safety MineSafety Chrome Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.35777, -120.66907

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Other material: Chromite, Magnesite, Manganite, Serpentine
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880

Geology

References

MRDSM700416
MAS60790034
DEP10189751
Reference{Deposit:: CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, CENTRAL}{Deposit:: COAST REGION. SURFACE WATER DEGRADATION BY INACTIVE}{Deposit:: METAL MINES IN NORTHWEST SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CA,}{Deposit:: DECEMBER 1993 (P. 6-8).}{Deposit:: CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. BULLETIN 76, 1918, P. 174-175.}{Deposit:: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL. V. 37, 1941, P. 163.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 945-B, 1944, P. 40.}{Deposit:: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 134, 1953, PART II, CHAPT. 2,}{Deposit:: P. 64.}
ReporterWetzel, Nicholas