Kessler Onyx Deposit

Past Producer in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10237735
MAS/MILS ID 0060790295
Record type Site
Current site name Kessler Onyx Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -120.47877, 35.24027 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(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

Tar Spring Ridge(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

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 031 S 014 E 16 California

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT ALSO IN SEC. 9.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -120.47877, 35.24027

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. BULLETIN 38, 1906, P. 111-112.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS,

  • Deposit

    P. 91.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-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.

Authoritative California resources

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