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Bryson Mine

Past Producer in Monterey county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040674
MRDS ID M055530
Record type Site
Current site name Bryson Mine
Related records 10159973

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.14543, 35.85856 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position 8 MI NW OF BRYSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monterey(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burnett Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cambria(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salinas(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Monterey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024S 008E 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.14543, 35.85856
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Trending Fault Breccia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years TO 1941

Mining district

District name Bryson

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252

  • Production

    HOLMES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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