Latitude: 35°53'56"N
Longitude: 121°20'25"W
A former Cr mine located in the SW¼ sec. 29, T23S, R6E, MDM, about 4 miles ESE of Plaskett. NOTE: This may be the same locality as described by Bradley (1938 & 1939), as cited in Murdoch & Webb (1966), and which references are incorporated herein.
Mineralization is hosted in ultramafic intrusive rock.
Related tectonic structures include the California Coastal Ranges, Santa Lucia Mountains.
References
Bradley, W.W. (1938), Thirty-fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Division Mines Report 34: 354.
Bradley, W.W. (1939), Thirty-fifth report of the State Mineralogist: California Division Mines Report 35: 497.
Walker, G.W. & .B. Griggs (1953), Chromite deposits of the southern Coast Ranges of California: California Division of Mines Bulletin 134, part 2, chapter 2: 53-54, 80.
Hart, E.W. (1966) Mines and mineral resources of Monterey County, California. California Division Mines and Geology County Report 5, 142 pp.: 31-32, 121.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 136, 194.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 157, 434, 497.
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