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Magnesiochromite from
Shotgun Creek Mine (Gill Mine; Primm and Dougherty group; Noble Electric Steel Company property), Sims Station, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnesiochromite
Formula:MgCr2O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Serpentine Subgroup
Uvarovite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnesiochromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shotgun Creek Mine (Gill Mine; Primm and Dougherty group; Noble Electric Steel Company property), Sims Station, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:679012
Long-form Identifier:1:3:679012:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnesiochromite
4.0km (2.5 miles) ⓘForest Queen Mine (Union Forest Queen Mine; Bull Dog Mine; North Star No. 1 Mine; Rattlesnake Mine; Black Bird Mine; Grey Eagle; Gray Eagle claim; Mammoth claim), Rattlesnake Hill, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
11.7km (7.3 miles) ⓘCoggins Mine, Castella, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
12.0km (7.4 miles) ⓘCounty Line claim (Wildcat Creek claim), Rattlesnake Hill, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
15.6km (9.7 miles) ⓘLittle Castle Creek Mine (Castle Crag Mine; Brown Mine), Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, California, USA
References
Wells, F.G. and Hawkes, H.E. (1965) Chromite deposits of Shasta, Tehama, Trinity and Humboldt counties, California. California Division Mines and Geology Bulletin 134, part 1, chapter 3: 146-158
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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