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Chromite from
Big Bear occurrence (Big Bear Chrome Mine), Franklin Point, Tehama County, California, USA


Locality type:Occurrence
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 Big Bear occurrence (Big Bear Chrome Mine), Franklin Point, Tehama County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:334861
Long-form Identifier:1:3:334861:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
0.5km (0.3 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
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘState Lease occurrence (State School), Franklin Point, Tehama County, California, USA
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘEhorn group (Ore Basin property; Valley View property), Franklin Point, Tehama County, California, USA
1.6km (1.0 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
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘ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
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘKleinsorge group (Climax Mine; Black Beauty Mine; Trilby Mine; Milton Mine; Angora Mine + 2 unnamed mines), Brush Mountain, Tehama County, California, USA
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘToms Head Mine, Tomhead Mountain, Tehama County, California, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘConklin and Williams prospect, Deer Mountain, Glenn County, California, USA
25.6km (15.9 miles) ⓘUnspecified Cr claims (2), Deer Mountain, Glenn County, California, USA
31.8km (19.8 miles) ⓘMcArthur occurrence, Litttle Red Mountain group (Southern Pacific lease; Seagrave Beegum Mine), Klamath Mountains, Tehama County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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