Chromium

Chromium

Sichuan, China

Chromium, etc.

Yangliuping Cu-Ni-PGE deposit, Yangliuping Cu-Ni-PGE ore field, Danba Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China

Chromium, etc.

Booysendal Platinum Mine, Lydenburg, Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Chromium

Sichuan, China

Chromium, etc.

Yangliuping Cu-Ni-PGE deposit, Yangliuping Cu-Ni-PGE ore field, Danba Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China

Chromium, etc.

Booysendal Platinum Mine, Lydenburg, Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Chromium

Sichuan, China

Chromium, etc.

Yangliuping Cu-Ni-PGE deposit, Yangliuping Cu-Ni-PGE ore field, Danba Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (eg from pseudomorphs.)

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Belarus
Mogilev Region Babruysk District ⓘ Bobruisk Ring Structure	Levitskiy, V. I., Solodilova, V. V., Zavadich, N. S., Pavlova, L. A., & Levitskiy, I. V. (2018, July). Genetic Nature of Mineralization with Native and Intermetallic Compounds in the Bobruisk Ring Structure (Republic of Belarus). In Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 481, No. 1, pp. 857-861). Pleiades Publishing.
Canada
British Columbia Greenwood Mining Division Bridesville ⓘ Old Nick Mine	MINFILE No 082ESW055
China
Henan Nanyang Tongbai County ⓘ Liu village	Peixue Tian, Qingsong Fang, Keqiao Chen, and Zhizhong Peng (1983): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 3(4), 241-245
Xichuan County ⓘ Maotang Au deposit	Zexian Xu, Runji Zhang, Zhenyun Liu, and Xingtu Sheng (1987): Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 6(4), 351-357
Jiangsu Lianyungang Donghai Co. Maobei ⓘ CCSD Main Hole	Jingsui Yang, Zhiqin Xu, Wenji Bai, Qingsong Fang, and Zhongming Zhang (2006): 3rd Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), July 10-14, 2006, Abstract 59-SE-A0643.
Shandong Linyi Mengyin County Mengyin Kimberlite field Changma Kimberlite belt Wangcun deposit ⓘ Shengli pipes	Gorshkov, A.I., Titkov, S.V., Yan Nan Bao, Ryabchikov, I.D., and Magazina, L.O. (2006): Geology of Ore Deposits 48(4), 326-334.
Sichuan Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture) Danba Co. Yangliuping Cu-Ni-PGE ore field ⓘ Yangliuping Cu-Ni-PGE deposit	Yue Suqin, Wang Wenying, and Sun Suqiong (1981): Chinese Science Bulletin 26(15), 959-960
Tibet Nagchu Prefecture (Naqu Prefecture) Amdo Co. (Anduo Co.) ⓘ Anduo Cr deposit (TL)	Mingyu Zhu and Yunxiang Liu (1981): Chinese Science Bulletin 26(11), 1014-1017
Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture) Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.) ⓘ Luobusha ophiolite ("Luobusa ophiolite")	Wenji Bai, Jingsui Yang, Qingsong Fang, Binggan Yan, and Zhongming Zhang (2001): Earth Science Frontiers 8(3), 111-121
Xinjiang Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture) Tacheng Prefecture (Tarbaghatay Prefecture) Tuoli Co. (Toli Co.) Sartohay (Sartokay; Sartuohai; Saertuohai) ⓘ Sartohay Mine	Zhu, Y., Tan, J., & Qiu, T. (2016). Platinum group mineral (PGM) and Fe–Ni–As–S minerals in the Sartohay chromitite, Xinjiang (NW China): Implications for the mobility of Os, Ir, Sb, and As during hydrothermal processes. Ore Geology Reviews, 72, 299-312.
Yunnan Dali Midu County ⓘ Jinbaoshan Pt-Pd-Ni-Cu deposit (Jingbaoshan Pt-Pd-Ni-Cu deposit)	Shengwei Wang, Xiaoming Sun, Zhenwen Liao, Bangguo Zhou, Maojin Luo, Yang Guo, Xiaofang Jiang, Huaping Zhu, Dong Ma, and Zhanwu Shen (2012): Mineral Deposits 31(6), 1259-1276
Egypt
Red Sea Governorate Bir Semna ⓘ Wadi Semna	Azer, M. K., & Stern, R. J. (2007). Neoproterozoic (835–720 Ma) serpentinites in the Eastern Desert, Egypt: fragments of forearc mantle. The Journal of Geology, 115(4), 457-472.
Israel
Haifa District Kishon river ⓘ Kishon Mid Reach zone 2	Bindi, L., Cámara, F., Gain, S.E.M., Griffin, W.L., Huang, J.-X., Saunders, M., and Toledo, V. (2020) Kishonite, VH2, and Oreillyite, Cr2N, Two New Minerals from the Corundum Xenocrysts of Mt Carmel, Northern Israel. Minerals, 10(12), 1118.
Japan
Okinawa Prefecture Ishigaki City Senkaku Islands (Diaoyudao Islands; Diaoyutai Islands) ⓘ Okinawa Trough	Bideaux, et al: Handbook of Mineralogy.; Ouroboros - www.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/museum/ouroboros/01_03/diaoyudaoite.html
Kosovo
Pristina District Glavika ⓘ Glavika Laterite Mine	Buletini i Shkencave Gjeologjike 2012
Kyrgyzstan
Jalal-Abad Region Chatkal district ⓘ Gavasai ore field	Yusupov, R.G., Dzhenchuraev, D.D., Radzhabov, F.F. (1982): Accessory native chromium and a natural compound of the series Fe-Cr-Si in rocks of the Gavasai ore field. Izvest. Akad. Nauk Kirgiz SSR (1982): 5: 25-26 (in Russian); in: Dunn, P.J., Grice, J.D., Fleischer, M., Pabst, A.(1984): New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 69: 214 (abstract)
Pacific Ocean
Sea of Japan ⓘ Belyaevsky Rise	Astakhova, N. V., & Kolesnik, O. N. (2014). Ore mineralization in volcanic rocks from the submarine rises of the Sea of Japan. Geochemistry International, 52(2), 144-161.
ⓘ Medvedev Seamount	Astakhova, N. V., & Kolesnik, O. N. (2014). Ore mineralization in volcanic rocks from the submarine rises of the Sea of Japan. Geochemistry International, 52(2), 144-161.
Portugal
Bragança Bragança Castrelos e Carrazedo ⓘ Ladeira Mine	LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Siorminp ID 75Cr
ⓘ Tamboril Mine	LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Siorminp ID 249Cr
Russia
ⓘ Far-Eastern Economic Region	Rudashevskii, N.S., Mochalov, A.G. (1984): Geologiya i Geofizika: 25: 35-41 (in Russian, with available English version); in: Jambor, J.L., Grew, E.S., Puziewicz, J., Vanko, D.A. (1984): New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 73: 442
Irkutsk Oblast Bodaibo Lena Gold District Kropotkinsky ore cluster ⓘ Sukhoi Log deposit	Keren Tan (1998): Gold Science and Technology 6(4), 29-37; Distler, V. V., Mitrofanov, G. L., Yudovskaya, M. A., Lishnevsky, E. N., & Prokof’ev, V. Y. (2005). Deep structure and ore-forming processes of the Sukhoi Log gold-platinum deposit, Russia. In Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge (pp. 921-923). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Orenburg Oblast Kumak ore field ⓘ Efim area	Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Sakha Republic (Yakutia) Mirninsky District Daldyn ⓘ Udachnaya open-pit mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya pipe; Udachnaya pipe)	[AmMin 84:993]
Sakhalin Oblast Kuril Islands (Kurile Islands) Iturup Island ⓘ Kudriavy volcano (Kudryavyi)	Yudovskaya, M. A., Distler, V. V., Chaplygin, I. V., Mokhov, A. V., Trubkin, N. V., & Gorbacheva, S. A. (2006). Gaseous transport and deposition of gold in magmatic fluid: evidence from the active Kudryavy volcano, Kurile Islands. Mineralium Deposita, 40(8), 828.
Sverdlovsk Oblast Nizhnii Tagil ⓘ Nizhnetagilskii massif (Nizhne-Tagilskii)	Kozlov, A. P., Chanturiya, V. A., Sidorov, E. G., Tolstykh, N. D., & Telegin, Y. M. (2011). Large-volume platinum ore deposits in zonal mafic-ultramafic complexes of the Ural-Alaskan type and the outlook for their development. Geology of ore deposits, 53(5), 374.
Tyumen Oblast ⓘ Rai-Iz (Raiz)	6th orogenic lherzolite conference 2014 Morocco; Yang, J., Meng, F., Xu, X., Robinson, P. T., Dilek, Y., Makeyev, A. B., ... & Cliff, J. (2015). Diamonds, native elements and metal alloys from chromitites of the Ray-Iz ophiolite of the Polar Urals. Gondwana Research, 27(2), 459-485.
South Africa
Mpumalanga Ehlanzeni District Municipality Thaba Chweu Local Municipality Lydenburg ⓘ Booysendal Platinum Mine	PMPB Meulenbeld collection Photo ID: 951390
The Moon
Mare Crisium ⓘ Luna 24 landing site	P.M. Kartashov data