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Gillette 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040675
MRDS ID M055532
Record type Site
Current site name Gillette Mine
Alternate or previous names Patriquin - Gillette
Related records 10212843

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.41791, 35.95829 (WGS84)
Elevation 756
Relative position 4 MI N OF PARKFIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monterey(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parkfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paso Robles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Estrella(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Monterey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023S 014E 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • W/2 SEC. 1

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.41791, 35.95829
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1917

Mining district

District name Parkfield (Patriquin Area)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry Ludeke, Jr.
    First year 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HART, E. W., 1966, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CDMG COUNTY REPORT 6

  • Production

    USBM DATA

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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