The Captian Deposit is a chromium mine located in San Luis Obispo county, California.
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Mine Info
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Captian Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Captian Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: San Luis Obispo
District: Sweetwater-Norcross Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: 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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinization Of Dunite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL PITS, ONE OF WHICH IS 50 FT. LONG AND 10-20 FT. DEEP ADN WIDE.
Comment (Commodity): BOTH LOW AND HIGH GRADE ORE PRESENT.
Comment (Location): LOCATED 1000 FT NW OF WEST NORCROSS CLAIM
References
Reference (Deposit): WALKER, G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B. 1953, GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART II, CHAPT. 2, P. 55,56,81
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, J.E., 1941, GEOL. INVESTIGATION, OF CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF CALIF.: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, P. 143.
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