Mine detail: Little Castle Creek Mine

Previously called 'Brown'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.18235, -122.303

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Chromium
Other material: Chromite, Magnetite, Olivine, Serpentine, Uvarovite
Discovery year: 1896

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1906

Geology

References

MRDSW025233
MAS60890009
DEP10262495
Reference{Deposit:: WELLS FG HAWKES HE 1965 CALIF STATE BULL 134-PART-I-CHAPT 3}{Deposit:: MATSON EJ 1941 LITTLE CSLE CRK PROJ NO 208 USBM WFOC MIN PRO}{Deposit:: MATSON EJ 1949 LTLE CSLE CRK DEPT USBM REPT OF INVEST NO 451}{Deposit:: HAWK HC 1951 USGS BULL 973-A PAGES 1-23}{Deposit:: LYDON PA 1974 CALIF CO RPT NO 6 CALIF DIV MINES AND GEOLOGY}
ReporterWetzel, Nicholas