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Serpentine Subgroup from
Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Serpentine Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:D3[Si2O5](OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Magnesite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Serpentine Subgroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:645327
Long-form Identifier:1:3:645327:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Serpentine Subgroup in this Region
Pillikin Mine area 1 (East Basin), Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USA
Steele Mine (Steel deposit), Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Serpentine Subgroup
0.6km (0.4 miles) ⓘPillikin Mine area 1 (East Basin), Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘSteele Mine (Steel deposit), Pilliken Mine (Pillikin Mine; Pillikan Mine; Pilliken Chrome Mine), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USA
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘDobbas Mine (Dobbas group), Flagstaff Hill, Salmon Falls Mining District (Flagstaff Hill area), El Dorado County, California, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) ⓘJoerger Mine (Joerger property; Joerger deposit), El Dorado Hills, Clarksville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘWalker Mine (Walker property; Darrington), El Dorado Hills, Clarksville Mining District, El Dorado County, California, USA
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘSutter's Mill meteorite, Sutter Mill Bar and River (Old Sutter Mill site), Coloma, Coloma Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
17.4km (10.8 miles) ⓘO'Brien Mine (S-Bend Mine), Coloma, Coloma Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
18.1km (11.2 miles) ⓘMcCurdy Mine [2], Coloma, Coloma Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘShelley Mine (Wolf Mine; Shelly Mine; Shelley Wolf Mine), Coloma, Coloma Mining District, West Belt, El Dorado County, California, USA
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘLucky Marion Mine (Shepard), Greenwood, Greenwood District, Northwest Segment Mother Lode, El Dorado County, California, USA
References
Cater, F.W., Jr., G.A. Rynearson & D.H. Dow (1951), Chromite deposits of El Dorado County, California: California Division Mines Bulletin 134, part III, Chapter 4: 134
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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