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Ridge

Occurrence in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodities Nickel, Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034255
MRDS ID M020996
Record type Site
Current site name Ridge
Related records 10238157

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.79126, 35.47246 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MILES DUE EAST OF CAYUCOS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morro Bay North(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 028S 011E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TRACE CU

Analytical data

Result 6.28 OZ AG, .02 OZ AU, .98 % NI

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.79126, 35.47246
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.05M
    Overall length 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 20 FT. OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 322

  • Deposit

    FRANKE, H. A., 1935 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 31 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 418

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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