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Pine Mountain 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 10141086
MRDS ID M020167
MAS/MILS ID 0060790067
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Ricioli Prospect
Related records 10033569

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.09039, 35.68996 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 10(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

Pebblestone Shut-in(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cambria(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026 S 008 E 10 SENE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.09039, 35.68996
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1871
Year of first production 1871

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-AUG-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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