Poppy Prospect

Past Producer in Monterey 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103804
MRDS ID M055537
Record type Site
Current site name Poppy Prospect
Related records 10285915

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.42903, 35.95746 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
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)

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 Monterey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023S 014E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • E/2 SEC. 2; S OF PATRIQUIN MINE

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) -120.42903, 35.95746

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISCONTINUOUS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Parkfield (Patriquin Area)

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT IN 1965

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.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINERALS YEARBOOKS, 1959-1973, USBM

  • Production

    USBM DATA

Reporter information

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