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Gillette Prospect

Past Producer in Monterey county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103803
MRDS ID M055531
Record type Site
Current site name Gillette Prospect
Related records 10212697

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.42986, 35.94996 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position 4 MI N OF PARKFIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monterey(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parkfield(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 014E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR S BOUNDARY SEC. 2 (?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.42986, 35.94996
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description San Andreas Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SILICA - CARBONATE ROCK IS WITHIN A LANDSLIDE MASS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1917, 1937-1940

Mining district

District name Parkfield (Patriquin Area)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry Ludeke, Jr.
    First year 1942

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

  • Production

    USBM DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY IN LANDSLIDE MASS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

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