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Porfumo Canyon Iron Occurrences

Occurrence in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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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 10164831
MAS/MILS ID 0060790163
Record type Site
Current site name Porfumo Canyon Iron Occurrences
Alternate or previous names Occurrence, Prefumo Canyon, McKinney Iron - 0060790143

Comments on the site names

  • THIS IS THE EAST EXTENSION OF THE MCKINNEY IRON DEPOSITS.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.73627, 35.26027 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 500(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

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Coastal(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 031 S 012 E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.73627, 35.26027
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 101,P 14;

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-AUG-1992 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

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