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Daisy

Past Producer in Monterey county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10261662
MAS/MILS ID 0060530136
Record type Site
Current site name Daisy
Alternate or previous names South Slope, Little Daisy Mine, Eldebren Chrome, Little Daisy

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.3457, 35.90135 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monterey(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alder Peak(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)

Federal lands

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Monterey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 S 006 E 29 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Penninite Unknown
Uvarovite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.3457, 35.90135
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 75N
    Field Value
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N65W:75N
    Date of Last Modification 800925

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. M. Mingus And A. Egenes
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Comments on the ownership information

  • DISPUTED OWNERSHIP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 134, 1953, CHAPT. 2,

  • Deposit

    P. 53-54.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES COUNTY REPORT 5, 1966, NO. 12, P. 121.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GRADE OF THE ORE IS ESTIMATED AT BETWEEN 45 AND 50 PERCENT CR2O3. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-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

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