The Aurora Quicksilver Mine is a chromium mine located in San Benito county, California at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 36.39167, -120.67861
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Aurora Quicksilver Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aurora Quicksilver Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: San Benito
District: New Idria
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: North American Mining Co, Inc.
Home Office: Boston, Ma
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1853
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Physiographic Detail: Diablo Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE, POD
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Uvarovite
Comments
Comment (Production): ORE PRODUCTION RANGED FROM 150-1000 LONG TONS
Comment (Geology): SERPENTINE IS HIGHLY SHEARED IN MOST PLACES.
Comment (Deposit): CHROMITE DEPOSITS OCCUR IN A SERPENTINE MASS 12.5 MILES LONG AND 3 TO 4.5 MILES WIDE. MOST OF EXPLOITED CHROMITE OBTAINED FROM FLOAT BOU LDERS FOUND ON HILLSIDES AND IN GRAVELS OF ADJOINING CREEKS.
References
Reference (Deposit): ECKEL E.B. AND MYERS, W.B., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT, SAN BENITO AND FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIF., IN CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 42, NO. 2, P. 89, 106, 107.
Reference (Deposit): WALKER, G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1953, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA, CALIF.: DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 2, CHAPT. 2, P 54, 55, 80.
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