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Chromite from
Happy Canyon, Cachuma Village, Cachuma Mining District, San Rafael Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA


Locality type:Canyon
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 Happy Canyon, Cachuma Village, Cachuma Mining District, San Rafael Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:672545
Long-form Identifier:1:3:672545:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
11.6km (7.2 miles) ⓘBacon Mine (Bacon deposit; O'Donnell and Burns Mining Company; O'Donnell and Byrne Mine; O.B. Mine; O and B Mine), Cachuma Village, Cachuma Mining District, San Rafael Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘMesa claim, Cachuma Village, Cachuma Mining District, San Rafael Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘMontinero prospect (Montinero deposit; La Laguna Ranch), Cachuma Village, Cachuma Mining District, San Rafael Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
12.5km (7.8 miles) ⓘChicken Spring claim (Chicken Spring Extension; Chicken Spring Number One), Cachuma Village, Cachuma Mining District, San Rafael Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘFairview prospect (Fairview deposit; Los Olivos; Acachuma; Cachuma Chrome Mine), Cachuma Village, Cachuma Mining District, San Rafael Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) ⓘBull Run prospect (Bull Run deposit), San Rafael Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘScrub Oak claim (Scrub Oak deposit), Cachuma Village, Cachuma Mining District, San Rafael Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘRoberts claims (Fir Chrome claim; Pine Chrome claim; Lookout Chrome claim), Cachuma Village, Cachuma Mining District, San Rafael Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
15.2km (9.5 miles) ⓘRed Bluff prospect, Cachuma Village, Cachuma Mining District, San Rafael Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
16.0km (9.9 miles) ⓘAmerican Chrome deposit, Buellton, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
References
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 82.
 
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