Yturriarte

Past Producer in San Benito 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10040935
MRDS ID M055829
Record type Site
Current site name Yturriarte
Related records 10236861

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.93294, 36.63411 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI NW OF LLANADA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Benito(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerro Colorado(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mendota(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panoche-San Luis Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Benito

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015S 009E 12 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.93294, 36.63411

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shale - Sandstone Contacts And Fractures In Franciscan

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation Of Franciscan

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Production years 1941 - 1943

Mining district

District name Central San Benito

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Frank Mc Collough

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • IDLE SINCE 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 41 - 60

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    YATES, R.G. AND HILPERT, L.S., 1945, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL SAN BENITO AND NORTHWESTERN FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 41, P. 11-35

  • Production

    USBM DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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