Unnamed Occurence

Occurrence in Monterey county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040713
MRDS ID M055572
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurence
Related records 10261515

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.46518, 36.31827 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monterey(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sycamore Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Point Sur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Monterey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018S 005E 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE/4 SEC. 31

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.46518, 36.31827

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MURDOCK, JOSEPH, AND WEBB, R. W., 1966, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA... CENTENNIAL VOLUME (1866 - 1966): CDMG BULL. 189

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR REPORTED TO OCCUR IN CALCITE

Reporter information

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

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.