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Mackey Mine, Jamestown District, Mother Lode belt, Tuolumne Co., California, USA

Latitude: 37°55'44"N
Longitude: 120°26'20"W
A former Cr mine.

Mineralization is hosted in the Knoxville unit.

Local structures include the Melones Fault Zone, with intense shearing of most rocks.

References

Cater, F.W., Jr. (1948a), Chromite deposits of Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties, California: California Division Mines Bulletin 134, part III, Chapter 1: 14.

California Journal of Mines and Geology: 45(1) JAN 1949: 49.

CLAIM IS LOC 150: N
OF WOODS CREEK & 300: E OF RAILROAD BRIDGE ACROSS THE CREEK

Stinson, Melvin Clarence (1975) California Division of Mining and Geology Mineral Property Report (unpublished) (Langford deposit; Little Castle Creek deposit).

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California:


Mineral List

'Asbestos'
Chromite
Magnesiochromite
Talc
Uvarovite


5 entries listed. 3 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

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