The Adobe Canyon Group Deposits is a chromium mine located in Stanislaus county, California at an elevation of 1,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 37.40694, -121.40389
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Adobe Canyon Group Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Adobe Canyon Group Deposits
Secondary: Mcguire Et Al. Deposits
Secondary: Claims: Mountain View and Gray Fox
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Stanislaus
District: Del Puerto Area
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: West Coast Chrome Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
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, IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinzation Of Dunite
Rocks
Name: Dunite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LOW GRADE ORE CONTAINS 25 TO 40% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE NE SIDE OF ADOBE CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS MOSTLY OF LOW GRADE ORE WITH SOME IRREGULAR MASSES OF HIGH GRADE ORE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED (1940) OF A NUMBER OF SHORT ADITS AND OPEN CUTS, NOW CAVED.
Comment (Geology): CHROMITE DEPOSITS OCCUR IN AN ULTRAMAFIC BODY THAT TRENDS N70W, IS 8 MILES LONG AND 1.5 MILES WIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CALIF. DIVION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 2, CHAPT. 2, P. 88
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. 74, 75, 88.
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