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Chromite from
Spanish Mines Consolidated Mine (Spanish Mines Cons.; Garrison claim; Spanish claim; Esmeralda claim), Bath, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer 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 Spanish Mines Consolidated Mine (Spanish Mines Cons.; Garrison claim; Spanish claim; Esmeralda claim), Bath, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:331203
Long-form Identifier:1:3:331203:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘMarigold Mine, Bath, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘPoco Tiempo Quartz Mine, Lehigh Canyon Patent property (Poco Tiempo Quartz Mine; Buttercup Chrome occurrence), Bath, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘDuffey Lease Mine, Bath, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘLehigh Canyon Patent property (Poco Tiempo Quartz Mine; Buttercup Chrome occurrence), Bath, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘLittle Greek claims, Foresthill, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 miles) ⓘWashout claim, Bath, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘChrome Divide Mine (Mystery Mine), Foresthill, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘBlack Rock Chrome deposit, Foresthill, Forest Hill Mining District, Placer County, California, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘMountain View group (Manzanita Chrome Mine [1918]; Victory Chrome Company), Sage Hill, Michigan Bluff Mining District (Michigan Bluff Mining deposit), Placer County, California, USA
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘCoal pit, Bunker Mine (Bunker Mines; Blue Bird Mine [1880's]; Bay Tree prospect; Sunnyside occurrence), Sage Hill, Michigan Bluff Mining District (Michigan Bluff Mining deposit), Placer County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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