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Uvarovite from
Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Uvarovite
Formula:Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Chromium-bearing Clinochlore
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Uvarovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:645331
Long-form Identifier:1:3:645331:2
GUID (UUID V4):6ae04fd0-d3e4-4010-b1e7-f689d032e3ab
Localities for Uvarovite in this Region
Pillikin Mine area 5 (Placer Chrome Company workings; Placer Chrome Company Mine; Placer Chrome Mine), Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Uvarovite
1.4km (0.8 miles) ⓘPillikin Mine area 5 (Placer Chrome Company workings; Placer Chrome Company Mine; Placer Chrome Mine), Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USA
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘNewcastle, Ophir Mining District (Auburn Mining District; Duncan Hill Mining District), Placer County, California, USA
25.2km (15.7 miles) ⓘBlack Oak Mine [2] (Black Oak deposit; Cassiorina Mine; Cassiorini Mine), Georgetown, Georgetown District, East Segment Mother Lode, El Dorado County, California, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘSmith Mine, Latrobe, Latrobe Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
26.3km (16.3 miles) ⓘGas Canyon claim, Todd Valley, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘChaix Mine (Chaix prospect), Latrobe, Latrobe Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
30.7km (19.1 miles) ⓘKnoff Mine (Austin Mine; Ladue property; Federwitz; Knoff Austin; Bald Mountains), Volcanoville, Volcanoville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
40.4km (25.1 miles) ⓘBunker Mine (Bunker Mines; Blue Bird Mine [1880's]; Bay Tree prospect; Sunnyside occurrence), Sage Hill, Michigan Bluff Mining District (Michigan Bluff Mining deposit), Placer County, California, USA
44.8km (27.8 miles) ⓘSunset Mine (Sun Set Chrome Mine; Sugar Pine Chrome Mine), Hughes Mill, Forest Hill Divide area, Placer County, California, USA
46.3km (28.8 miles) ⓘIowa Hill Chrome Mine (Williamson and Beck property [1918]), Cottage Home Hill, Iowa Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
References
Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 495
Averill, Charles V. (1942), Chromium: California Division Mines Report 38: 90
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 136, 193
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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