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Rogers Ranch Occurrence

Occurrence in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043660
MRDS ID M100482
Record type Site
Current site name Rogers Ranch Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.09571, 35.60274 (WGS84)
Elevation 49
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 3 MILES NORTH OF CAMBRIA, CA. BY AIR., Assumed Spot Center Sect. 10

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cambria(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cambria(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027S 008E 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF SAN SIMEON CREEK, 2 MILES FROM MOUTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.09571, 35.60274
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern San Luis Obispo Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. E. And C. H. Rogers

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALKER, G. W. AND GRIGGS, A. B., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PART 2, CHAPT. 2, P. 58, 84

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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