Mine detail: Sweetwater Chromite Mine

Previously called 'San Juan MineSweetwater Chrome MineSan Juan Chrome MinePierce and Benadon Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.41827, -120.75428

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Other material:	Chromite, Magnetite, Olivine, Pyroxene, Serpentine
Discovery year:	1880

Production

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

Geology

References

MRDS	W025008
MAS	60790032
DEP	10286725
Reference	{Deposit:: CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. BULLETIN 76, 1918, P. 177-178.}{Deposit:: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL. V. 37, 1941, P. 140.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 945-B, 1944, P. 36-37.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 4783, 1951, P. 3-4.}{Deposit:: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 134, 1953, PART II, CHAPT. 2,}{Deposit:: P. 67.}
Reporter	Wetzel, Nicholas