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South Slope Mine 1918

Producer in Monterey county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043394
MRDS ID M100137
Record type Site
Current site name South Slope Mine 1918
Alternate or previous names Daisy Mine 1953, Aldelabran Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.34128, 35.89884 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position 40 MILES NE BY ROAD AND TRAIL TO KING CITY

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 023S 006E 29 SW California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN A SMALL GULCH TRIBUTARY ON THE NE SIDE OF LOS BURROS CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1958)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Uvarovite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Ultrabasic Rocks Altered To Serpentine

Analytical data

Result LUMP ORE RAN 44.7% CR2O3
Result CR/FE 2.6
Result CONCENTRATES FROM MILL RAN 43.9% CR2O3
Result CR/FE 2.3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.34128, 35.89884
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD. IRREGULAR, OTHER STRINGERS
    Strike N60W TO N70W
    Dip 60 TO 80 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Los Burros

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Holman, Joseph
    Home office 1465 E. Orange Grove Ave., Pasadena, Ca.
    First year 1959

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF CR WAS PRODUCED IN 1952.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SERIES OF TRENCHES AND CUTS.

Comments on development

  • VIRGINIA SWANSON OF SALINAS ACQUIRED A LEASE FROM J. HOLMAN, IN 1957, AND OBTAINED A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE. AT SE END OF DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALKER, G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1953, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN COAST RANGES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 2, CHAPT. 2, P53-54, 80

  • Deposit

    HART, E.W., 1966, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIF., COUNTY REPORT NUMBER 5, CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P.32, 121

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE PODS RESTRI CTED TO A ZONE ABOUT 200 FT LONG WITH A VERTICAL DISTANCE OF ABOUT 50 FT BETWEEN THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST PODS. J. HOLMAN OWNS ORE UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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