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Bitter Water

Past Producer in San Benito 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103828
MRDS ID M055816
Record type Site
Current site name Bitter Water
Related records 10213336

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.93544, 36.59938 (WGS84)
Elevation 512
Relative position 2 MI SW OF LLANADA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Benito(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Llanada(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mendota(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panoche-San Luis Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Benito

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015S 009E 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MI SW OF LLANADA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.93544, 36.59938
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures In Panoche

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Ne Fracture In Panoche

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1932 - 1938

Mining district

District name Central San Benito

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. V. Underwood

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 41 - 60

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486

  • Deposit

    YATES, R.G., AND HILPERT, L.S., 1945, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL SAN BENITO AND NORTHWESTERN FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 41, P. 11-35

  • Production

    HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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