The Red Slide Nos. 1,2 is a chromium mine located in Fresno county, California.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Red Slide Nos. 1,2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Slide Nos. 1,2
Secondary: No.2 Vance
Secondary: Woodrow Wilson Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Fresno
District: Watts Valley Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1918
Time Period: ?-1918
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^42% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR LENSES, VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Workings): NO. 2: WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS, A 40 FT LONG TUNNEL, A WINZE 10 FT DEEP AND SEVERAL SHORT RAISES FROM TUNNEL TO SURFACE.
Comment (Geology): THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF WATTS VALLEY OCCUR ON THE EASTERN LIMB OF A SYNCLINAL, NE PLUNGING ULTRAMAFIC SILL. THE EASTERN LIMB, KNOWN AS HOG MTN, IS A LITTLE OVER A MILE WIDE, WHILE THE WESTERN LIMB, WHICH FORMS RED MTN, AVERAGES 3 MILES WIDE. THE TWO LIMBS JOIN TO THE NW AND TOGETHER FORM A DISCONTINUOUS TRIANGULAR EXPOSURE OF PERIDOTITE 10 MILES LONG AND 8 MILES WIDE ACROSS THE BASE.
References
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, P. 90-91
Reference (Deposit): CDMG BULL 134, P. 90-91
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