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Bacon Mine

Past Producer in Santa Barbara county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043410
MRDS ID M100161
Record type Site
Current site name Bacon Mine
Alternate or previous names Band O Mine
Related records 10286794

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.98067, 34.70471 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Relative position ASSUMED SPOT AT CENTER OF NW 1/4 SEC. 7

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Barbara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Figueroa Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuyama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Ynez(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 Santa Barbara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 029W 07 NW California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED IN CORRALES CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE ORE AVERAGES 30% CR2O3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.98067, 34.70471
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N80E
    Dip 45N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1942

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bacon, J. F.
    First year 1942
  • Type Operator
    Owner O'Donnell, James
  • Type Operator
    Owner Byrne, Robert

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALKER, G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.G., 1953, GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART II, CHAPT. 2, P. 70,86

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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