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Rattlesnake Prospect

Occurrence in Monterey county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040676
MRDS ID M055533
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake Prospect
Related records 10285614

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.28569, 35.90385 (WGS84)
Elevation 954
Relative position 8 - 1/2 MI E OF PARKFIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monterey(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Dark Hole(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paso Robles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Estrella(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Monterey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023S 016E 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR NW/4 SEC 30; N/2 N/2 SEC 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.28569, 35.90385
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE SEEN ONLY IN FLOAT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Parkfield (Table Mountain)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. D. And M. Freeman
    First year 1960

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

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955 - 1961: VOL III; SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105

Reporter information

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

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