The South Slope Mine 1918 is a chromium mine located in Monterey county, California at an elevation of 2,300 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 35.89889, -121.34028
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South Slope Mine 1918 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Slope Mine 1918
Secondary: Daisy Mine 1953
Secondary: Aldelabran Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Monterey
District: Los Burros
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: Holman, Joseph
Home Office: 1465 E. Orange Grove Ave., Pasadena, Ca.
Years: 1959 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Santa Lucia Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD. IRREGULAR, OTHER STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Ultrabasic Rocks Altered To Serpentine
Rocks
Name: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CR/FE 2.3
Analytical Data: CONCENTRATES FROM MILL RAN 43.9% CR2O3
Analytical Data: CR/FE 2.6
Analytical Data: LUMP ORE RAN 44.7% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Uvarovite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN A SMALL GULCH TRIBUTARY ON THE NE SIDE OF LOS BURROS CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1958)
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF CR WAS PRODUCED IN 1952.
Comment (Development): VIRGINIA SWANSON OF SALINAS ACQUIRED A LEASE FROM J. HOLMAN, IN 1957, AND OBTAINED A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE. AT SE END OF DEPOSIT.
Comment (Deposit): ORE PODS RESTRI CTED TO A ZONE ABOUT 200 FT LONG WITH A VERTICAL DISTANCE OF ABOUT 50 FT BETWEEN THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST PODS. J. HOLMAN OWNS ORE UNPATENTED CLAIM.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SERIES OF TRENCHES AND CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): HART, E.W., 1966, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIF., COUNTY REPORT NUMBER 5, CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P.32, 121
Reference (Deposit): WALKER, G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1953, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN COAST RANGES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 2, CHAPT. 2, P53-54, 80
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