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Chromite from
Riverside Chrome Mine (Purcell-Griffin Mine), Horseshoe Bend Mountain, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
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 Riverside Chrome Mine (Purcell-Griffin Mine), Horseshoe Bend Mountain, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:329088
Long-form Identifier:1:3:329088:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘReed property, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘFossow property, Peñon Blanco Peak, Coulterville, Coulterville Mining District, Mariposa County, California, USA
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘForked Pine claim, Marsh Flats Chrome Associates properties, Moccasin Peak area, Tuolumne County, California, USA
21.8km (13.6 miles) ⓘBluepoint claim (Blue Point claim; Blue Point Mine), Marsh Flats Chrome Associates properties, Moccasin Peak area, Tuolumne County, California, USA
21.9km (13.6 miles) ⓘMum and Alice June Mine (Alice June claim; Mum claim; Mum Extension claim; Alice June Extension claim; Bud's Mine), Marsh Flats Chrome Associates properties, Moccasin Peak area, Tuolumne County, California, USA
22.4km (13.9 miles) ⓘWilliamson Rosenthal and Mertz Mine (Williamson Rosenthal and Mertz claims), Moccasin Peak area, Tuolumne County, California, USA
22.5km (14.0 miles) ⓘYuba Consolidated Goldfields Placer Mine, Snelling, Snelling Mining District, Merced County, California, USA
23.4km (14.5 miles) ⓘBuckhorn claim (Wildboar claim), Marsh Flats Chrome Associates properties, Moccasin Peak area, Tuolumne County, California, USA
23.6km (14.7 miles) ⓘDon Pedro Mine (Booker lease; Rosasco Mine), Hetch Hetchy Junction, Tuolumne County, California, USA
32.3km (20.1 miles) ⓘBurns and Turzich Mine (Burns and Tarzich Mine), Chinese Station, Tuolumne County, California, USA
References
Bradley, W.W., et al (1918), Manganese and chromium in California: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 76: 151
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
 
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