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⇱ Chromite from West pit (Grau pit), Grau Mine (Gruu Mine), North Elder Creek group (Joyce Mine; Hill Mine; Noble Electric Steel Company Mine; SW Hill Mine; Elder Creek Mine), Tehama County, California, USA

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Chromite from
West pit (Grau pit), Grau Mine (Gruu Mine), North Elder Creek group (Joyce Mine; Hill Mine; Noble Electric Steel Company Mine; SW Hill Mine; Elder Creek Mine), Tehama County, California, USA

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Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Aragonite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view West pit (Grau pit), Grau Mine (Gruu Mine), North Elder Creek group (Joyce Mine; Hill Mine; Noble Electric Steel Company Mine; SW Hill Mine; Elder Creek Mine), Tehama County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:671821
Long-form Identifier:1:3:671821:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘGrau Mine (Gruu Mine), North Elder Creek group (Joyce Mine; Hill Mine; Noble Electric Steel Company Mine; SW Hill Mine; Elder Creek Mine), Tehama County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘMill Gulch Mine, North Elder Creek group (Joyce Mine; Hill Mine; Noble Electric Steel Company Mine; SW Hill Mine; Elder Creek Mine), Tehama County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘEhorn group (Ore Basin property; Valley View property), Franklin Point, Tehama County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘState Lease occurrence (State School), Franklin Point, Tehama County, California, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘBig Bear occurrence (Big Bear Chrome Mine), Franklin Point, Tehama County, California, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘKleinsorge group (Climax Mine; Black Beauty Mine; Trilby Mine; Milton Mine; Angora Mine + 2 unnamed mines), Brush Mountain, Tehama County, California, USA
19.7km (12.3 miles) ⓘToms Head Mine, Tomhead Mountain, Tehama County, California, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘConklin and Williams prospect, Deer Mountain, Glenn County, California, USA
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘUnspecified Cr claims (2), Deer Mountain, Glenn County, California, USA
30.3km (18.9 miles) ⓘMcArthur occurrence, Litttle Red Mountain group (Southern Pacific lease; Seagrave Beegum Mine), Klamath Mountains, Tehama County, California, USA
References
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