Point Sal Placer

Unknown in Santa Barbara county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214023
MRDS ID M100169
MAS/MILS ID 0060830111
Record type Site
Current site name Point Sal Placer
Related records 10043416

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.65317, 34.91578 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Barbara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Point Sal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Maria(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Maria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Antonio(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Santa Barbara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 036 W 27 E2E2E2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.65317, 34.91578

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF BUR REG OF MINES,SANTA BARBARA CALIF 1906

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN CAL INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MINOBRAS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-FEB-1991 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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.