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⇱ Chromite from Captian deposit, Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA


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Chromite from
Captian deposit, Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA

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Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Captian deposit, Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:332740
Long-form Identifier:1:3:332740:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
0.5km (0.3 miles) Sunrise Nos. 1 and 2 deposits, Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) Norcross Mine, Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Starlight Cr occurrence, Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) Moonbeam No. 1 deposit, Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Colonel deposit, Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Eucalyptus No. 2 deposit, Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Eagle claim, Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Tip Top deposit, Sweetwater-Norcross group, Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) Chromic Acid No. 1 claim (High Grade claim), Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) Chromic Acid No. 2 claim, Cerro Alto, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
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