The Lilly Group Deposit is a chromium mine located in Monterey county, California at an elevation of 2,201 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 35.81806, -121.30528
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Lilly Group Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lilly Group Deposit
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: Monte Young
Home Office: P.O. Box 43, San Simeon, Ca.
Years: 1966 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1958
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not 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: POLD,OTHER NODULES, STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRADE OF ORE AND CONCENTRATES RANGED 44% TO 49% CR2O3. ONE SAMPLE WAS 47.4% CR2O3 AND HAD CR/FE RATIO FROM 2.2 TO 3.0
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Tremolite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE BODIES VARY IN SIZE FROM A FEW POUNDS TO SEVERAL TONS AND ARE SCATTERED INTERMITTENTLY THROUGH A NARROW BODY OF SERPENTINE 3 MILES LONG WHICH ROUGHLY TRENDS N70W AND UNDERLIES A RIDGE CREST. SEVERAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Location): SEVEN MILES BY JEEP ROAD NORTHEAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 AT THE SOUTH COUNTY BORDER IN THE BURRO MTN. 7.5 QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1966)
Comment (Workings): DEPOSIT DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW CUTS AND MINOR BLASTING TO UNCOVER AND QUARRY THE ORE BODIES.
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. 31,120
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