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⇱ Pillikin Mine area 10, Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USA

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Pillikin Mine area 10, Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USAi
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Pillikin Mine area 10Area
Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine)Mine
Flagstaff HillHill
Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area)Mining District
El Dorado CountyCounty
CaliforniaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 46' 36'' North , 121° 5' 27'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mindat Locality ID:
78060
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:78060:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A Cr occurrence/prospect located in sec. 28, T11N, R8E, MDM, 1.2 km (0.7 mile) NNW of Flagstaff Hill (coordionates of record), on private land. MRDS database accuracy for this location is not stated.

Mineralization is hosted in dunite. The ore body forms high-grade streaks and stringers with a strike of N25W and dip of 75E at a thickness of 30.48 meters, width of 121.92 meters and a length of 365.76 meters. Local alteration includes silicification. Associated rocks include pyroxenite. Local rocks include Mesozoic volcanic rocks, unit 2 (Western Sierra Foothills and Western Klamath Mountains).

Workings include surface openings comprised of a few small pits.

Although workings revealed good ore, the grade is too low and the ore bodies are too small for profitable mining.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘChromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
CrChromium
Crⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
FeIron
Feⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4

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Link to USGS MRDS:10097316

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