Carrizo Plain Deposits

Past Producer in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116985
MAS/MILS ID 0060790318
Record type Site
Current site name Carrizo Plain Deposits
Alternate or previous names Temblor Range Gypsite

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.76485, 35.15278 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Painted Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Taft(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carrizo Plain(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 San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032 S 021 E 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSITS EXTEND FROM SEC. 16, T. 31 S., R. 21 E., TO SEC. 36, T. 32 S., R. 22 E. NOTE: CARRIZO PLAIN IS IN R. 20 AND 21 E., NOT IN R. 21 AND 22 E. ABOVE NARRATIVE EXTEND IS IN ERROR. LOCATION OF THIS OREBODY IS PLACED AT SEC. 7, T. 32 S., R. 21 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.76485, 35.15278

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 697, 1920, P. 82.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 21, 1925, P. 515.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 31, 1935, P. 423.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 163, 1952, P. 129.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.