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Old Murry

Past Producer in Monterey county in California, United States with commodities Mercury, Nickel
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040671
MRDS ID M055527
Record type Site
Current site name Old Murry
Alternate or previous names Murray, Dutro, Dutra, Old Murray No. 1
Related records 10212691

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.32128, 35.81273 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position NEAR SW CORNER OF COUNTY; 20 MI N OF SAN SIMEON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monterey(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burro Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cambria(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)

Silver Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Monterey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024S 006E 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW/4 SE/4 SEC. 28, UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP; LOCATION TO CENTER OF SE/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.32128, 35.81273
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHEAR ZONE
    Strike N80E
    Dip 60S
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1894
Production years 1870-1900, 1956-1958

Mining district

District name Bryson

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Monte Young
    First year 1959

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED (1959)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HART, E. W., 1966, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CDMG COUNTY REPORT 6.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S. PERSONAL FILES

  • Production

    HART

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO FAULTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

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