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Magnesiochromite from
Estrella Mine, Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnesiochromite
Formula:MgCr2O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnesiochromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Estrella Mine, Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:669339
Long-form Identifier:1:3:669339:8
GUID (UUID V4):ea3b615b-2c70-45cd-a1cb-16688ea21b12
Nearest other occurrences of Magnesiochromite
0.7km (0.4 miles) Castro Mine (Castro Chrome Mine; Trinidad Mine), Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Colorado Mine, Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) Pick and Shovel Mine (Pick A Shovel Mine; Safety Chrome Mine; Safety Mine), Cuesta Pass, Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
4.0km (2.5 miles) Chorro Mine (London Mine; Cypress prospect; Cypress Chrome Mine; Chorro Creek prospect), Pick and Shovel group, Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
4.7km (2.9 miles) Norcross Mine, Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
6.5km (4.0 miles) Sweetwater Mine, Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
14.9km (9.3 miles) Froom Ranch Mine (Froom Ranch deposit; Mrs. Froom's Chrome deposits), San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
73.3km (45.5 miles) Lilly Group Mine (Lilly group deposit), Burro Mountain, Los Burros Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey County, California, USA
81.8km (50.8 miles) Daisy Mine (South Slope Mine; Little Daisy Mine; Eldebren Chrome Mine), Los Burros Creek tributary, Plaskett, Los Burros Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), Monterey County, California, USA
91.0km (56.5 miles) Zaca Lake prospect (Zaca Lake deposit), San Rafael Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The end members ferrochromite (Feo'Crzoa), magnesiochromite (Mgo'crzos)' spinel (MgO'AlzO:), hercynite...composition ranges from compositions approaching magnesiochromite and spinel to magnetite, leading to the division...Table 1 are listed 52 comPlete Hemisphere. The wide range bearing spinel minerals from the Wes in composition...HEMISPHERE 6. Pillikin mine, Sec. 28, T. 11 N., R. 8 E., Eldorado County, California. Disseminated chromite...Wells, 1940' 8. Pillikin mine, Sec. 28,T.ll N., R.8 E., Eldorado County, California. Fine grained disseminated
Book
^ '“ P r . . . I West Orange SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY 9048 00992838 7 257989 R q549...q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T 5 w! balJ E...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals
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MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
Book (edition)
Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...abbreviations used are as follows: Mt. (mount or mountain), Mts. (mountains), R. (river), Is. (island), Vole. (volcano)...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado
Book (edition)
McDonald Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...report for California and Arizona. William Blake was the state mineralogist for California in 1866. From...southeastern corner of California, the southern portion of Arizona, and Sonora and Baja California, ;\Iex.ico.The...gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue...found in Arizona, as well as from Sonora and Baja California, Mexico. Currently, the collection holds more
Journal (issue)
Scovil photo. Vanadinite, 2.4 cm, from the Apache mine, Arizona. Collected by Evan Jones; Jeff Scovil photo...Miglioli photo. Fluorite, 7.4 cm, from the La Barre mine, France. Collected by Aubin Cosson; Niels Brouwer...left: Caledonite, 1.1 cm, from the Reward mine, California. Collected by Jeff Lines; Ben DeCamp photo...Thrill of Discovery by Wendell Wilson Epilog: On Mine Safety UThe Field-CollectorsV Anthony J. Albini...the words of the original discoverers. Adelaide Mine, Tasmania, 1971, 2012 Albert Chapman wrote one such
Book (edition)
Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...District, Cochise County 64 The Tombstone District, Cochise County 70 The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal...Pinal County 78 Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 - • Vll The Cameron Area 85 Breccia...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 "Mine Fire" Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites PART... Apache County 435 Cochise County 436 Coconino County 437,438 Gila County 439 Graham County 440 Greenlee
Book (edition)
Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian Institution...District, Cochise County 64 70 The Tombstone District, Cochise County The Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal...Pinal County Uranium and Vanadium Deposits 80 Monument Valley 81 63 78 il S: The Cameron Area 85...Breccia Pipes 87 Pegmatites 88 “Mine Fire” Minerals, United Verde Mine, Jerome Arizona Meteorites 93 PART...Apache County — 435 Cochise County 436 Coconino County 437, 438 Gila County 439 Graham County Greenlee
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Sharon Cisneros: Minerological Research Co., San Jose, California. Andrew M. Clark: Dept. of Mineralogy, Natural...Currier: Jewel Tunnel Imports, Baldwin Park, California. Stanley Dyl: Seaman Mineralogical Museum, Michigan...Canada. Richard C. Erd: U.S.G.S., Menlo Park, California. Howard T. Evans: U.S.G.S., Reston, Virginia...Claren N. (‘‘Si’’) and Ann Frazier: Berkeley, California. Carl Francis: Mineralogical Museum, Harvard...Paris, France. Legrand A. Gould: Pebble Beach, California. George E. Harlow: Dept. of Min. Sci., American
 
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