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Magnesiochromite from
Holiday Mine (Holiday Chrome Mine; Holiday group; High Dome Mine), High Dome, Patrick Creek Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Del Norte County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnesiochromite
Formula:MgCr2O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnesiochromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Holiday Mine (Holiday Chrome Mine; Holiday group; High Dome Mine), High Dome, Patrick Creek Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Del Norte County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:673097
Long-form Identifier:1:3:673097:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnesiochromite
13.7km (8.5 miles) ⓘHigh Plateau Mine, Gasquet, Klamath Mountains, Del Norte County, California, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) ⓘCopper Creek Mine, Low Divide, Low Divide Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Del Norte County, California, USA
16.2km (10.1 miles) ⓘMountain View Mines (Tyson Mine; High Divide Mine), High Divide, Low Divide Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Del Norte County, California, USA
18.6km (11.5 miles) ⓘFrench Hill Chrome Mine (French Hill deposit; Tyson Mine; J. & W. Mine), French Hill, Klamath Mountains, Del Norte County, California, USA
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘCyclone Gap Mine (Mammoth Mine), El Capitan, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘSeiad Valley, Seiad Valley [town], Klamath River Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
59.9km (37.2 miles) ⓘSeiad Creek Mine (No. 14 Mine; Northern Klamath Mountains Mine; Red Hills Mine; Reddy No. 2 Mine; Teddy Chrome Mine; Valley View; Mountain View), Copper Butte, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
61.9km (38.5 miles) ⓘPecwan Mine (Pecwan deposit; Englebright Mine; New Moon Mine), Pecwan Creek, Onion Mountain, Pecwan (Pekwan), Klamath Mountains, Humboldt County, California, USA
63.1km (39.2 miles) ⓘWhite Cedar deposit, Pecwan (Pekwan), Klamath Mountains, Humboldt County, California, USA
65.2km (40.5 miles) ⓘFairview Mine (Fairview Chrome Mine; Hamburg Bar), Hamburg, Klamath River Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USA
References
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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