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Florence

Occurrence in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034249
MRDS ID M020989
Record type Site
Current site name Florence
Related records 10237951

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.78376, 35.43858 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES NE OF MORRO ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morro Bay North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Los Padres National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 011E 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.78376, 35.43858
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 ; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 321

  • Deposit

    FRANKE, H. A., 1935 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 31 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 417

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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