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Chromite from
Pick and Shovel Mine (Pick A Shovel Mine; Safety Chrome Mine; Safety Mine), Cuesta Pass, Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Comments:Listed in historical literature as 'chromite', the analyses show it to be magnesiochromite.
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pick and Shovel Mine (Pick A Shovel Mine; Safety Chrome Mine; Safety Mine), Cuesta Pass, Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:647419
Long-form Identifier:1:3:647419:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘChorro Mine (London Mine; Cypress prospect; Cypress Chrome Mine; Chorro Creek prospect), Pick and Shovel group, Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘQuesta prospect, Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘCentral claims (Central claim), Seeley group, Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘTrinidad Mine, Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) ⓘSeeley group, Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘLa Primera Mine (El Primero Mine; Hardface Mine; La Primero Mine), Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘNew London Mine (London Mine), Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘSanta Clara deposit, Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘEl Salto Mine, Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘEl Divisadero Mine (Eldivenfaro Mine), Chorro, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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