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Rinconada Mine

Past Producer in San Luis Obispo 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. 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 10140571
MRDS ID M055788
MAS/MILS ID 0060790273
Record type Site
Current site name Rinconada Mine
Alternate or previous names San Jose Valley Mine
Related records 10103825

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.47787, 35.28937 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Location accuracy 100(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

Santa Margarita Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salinas(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Los Padres National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030 S 014 E 28 NWNE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.47787, 35.28937
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1872
Year of first production 1872

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 10, P. 581-582.

  • Deposit

    ACALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 31, 1935, P. 449-453.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 35, 1939, P. 445-447.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-R, 1941, P. 548-549, 567-568.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 197.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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