White Property

Past Producer in Monterey county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040677
MRDS ID M055534
Record type Site
Current site name White Property
Alternate or previous names Table Mountain, Friedana, Anderson
Related records 10116056

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.27403, 35.90218 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 9 MI E OF PARKFIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monterey(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Dark Hole(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 016E 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE/4 NE/4 SEC 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Analytical data

Result 2 - 10 LB HG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.27403, 35.90218

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description San Andreas Fault , Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike EAST/NW
    Dip STEEP/LOW ANGLE

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOW ANGLE FAULT DIPPING AT VARYING ANGLES TO N ; GEOL.DESC: LOW - ANGLE FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1916

Mining district

District name Parkfield (Table Mountain)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S. PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955 - 1961: VOL. III, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105.

  • Production

    USBM DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAVED

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.

Authoritative California resources

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