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Atlas Asbestos Co. Mine

Producer in Fresno county in California, United States with commodity Asbestos
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080545
MRDS ID W031823
Record type Site
Current site name Atlas Asbestos Co. Mine
Alternate or previous names Santa Cruz Mine, Hiden Splendor Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.58709, 36.32134 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position APPROX. 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE GEM MINE IN THE SOUTHERN DIABLO RANGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coalinga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018S 013E 32 W2 OF NW4 California

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MONTEREY 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Upper 15 To 20 Ft. Of Deposit.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Panoche Formation
    Rock description Panoche Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Franciscan Complex
    Rock description Franciscan Complex

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northwest- Trending Coalinga Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description New Idria Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 22530.2M
    Width 6437.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1961
Discoverer Union Carbide Corp. Recognized Asbestos In The Area In 1958
Year of first production 1962

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Atlas Asbestos Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Atlas Asbestos Co.
    First year 1978

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1978, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. NEW YORK: MCGRAW- HILL MINING INFORMATION SERVICES, P. 168.

  • Deposit

    LINN, R. K., 1968, NEW IDRIA MINING DISTRICT IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967 (THE GRATON- SALES VOLUME). NEW YORK: AM. INST. OF MNG., MET. AND PET. ENG., INC., PP. 1623-1649.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Zigler, Jan L. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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