Geologic information
Identification information
| Deposit ID |
10043719 |
| MRDS ID |
M100630 |
| Record type |
Site |
| Current site name |
Sunset Mine |
| Alternate or previous names |
Sugar Pine Chrome Mine |
Geographic coordinates
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Geographic coordinates:
|
-120.78103, 39.10406 (WGS84)
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| Elevation |
1116 |
| Relative position |
MINE APPROX. 21 MILES E. OF AUBURN (BY ROAD) |
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Geographic areas
| Country |
State |
County |
| United States |
California |
Placer |
Public Land Survey System information
| Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
| Mount Diablo |
015N |
031E |
31 |
N2 OF SE OF NW |
California |
Comments on the location information
- MAIN WORKINGS ARE APPROX. 250 FT WEST OF FINNING RD. AND LIE SW OF A 4 ROAD INTERSECTION.
Commodities
| Commodity |
Importance |
| Chromium |
Primary |
Materials information
| Materials |
Type of material |
| Chromite |
Ore |
| Uvarovite |
Gangue |
Host and associated rocks
| Host or associated |
Host |
| Rock type |
Metamorphic Rock
> Serpentinite |
Comments on the geologic information
- DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A MASS OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS THAT HAS INTRUDED A SEQUENCE OF MARINE SEDIMENTS THOUGHT TO BE A PART OF THE PALEOZOIC CALAVERAS GROUP. THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE ULTRAMAFIC MASS IS COLLINEAR AND PROBABLY PART OF THE MELONES FAULT ZONE.
