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Montinero Prospect

Producer in Santa Barbara 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043415
MRDS ID M100167
Record type Site
Current site name Montinero Prospect
Alternate or previous names La Laguna Ranch
Related records 10189652

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.99234, 34.71249 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Barbara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Figueroa Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuyama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Ynez(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Santa Barbara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 030W 01 CENTER OF S California

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NE OF BACON MINE (M100161).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.99234, 34.71249
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1918

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Byrne, Robert
  • Type Owner
    Owner James O'Donnlee

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.011HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALKER, G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1953, GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART II, CHAPT. 2, P. 71,8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHROMITE FLOAT FOUND IN SLIDE AREAS ON THREE SIDES AND NEAR THE TOP OF A HILL.

Reporter information

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

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