The Pink Crystal Claim is a chromium mine located in Trinity county, California.
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Mine Info
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Pink Crystal Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pink Crystal Claim
Secondary: Costa Lease
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: Crow Creek Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREG
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Extensive Serpentinization Of Peridotite
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): CLAIM LOCATED ON THE SLOPE OF THE EAST FORK OF THE TRINITY RIVER. IN SHASTA NATIONAL FOREST.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A LARGE PERIDOTITE BODY THAT COVERS APPROX. 300 SQ. MILES OF NE TRINITY CO.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1941, CDMG 37TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 37, P. 19
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E, 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 174, 175.
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