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El Divisadero Mine

Past Producer in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10165067
MRDS ID M100458
MAS/MILS ID 0060790196
Record type Site
Current site name El Divisadero Mine
Alternate or previous names Eldivenfaro Mine
Related records 10109766

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -120.69567, 35.36497 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029 S 012 E 33 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -120.69567, 35.36497
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Date of Last Modification 790813

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cuesta Pass

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Butcher, L. H., Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. BULLETIN 76, 1918, P. 170.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 134, 1953, PART II, CHAPT. 2,

  • Deposit

    P. 61, 82.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-AUG-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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