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Zaca Lake Prospect

Past 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043419
MRDS ID M100173
Record type Site
Current site name Zaca Lake Prospect
Related records 10213576

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.02789, 34.77416 (WGS84)
Relative position ASSUMED SPOT AT CENTER SECT. 15

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Barbara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Zaca Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Maria(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Maria(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)

Federal lands

Los Padres National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Santa Barbara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 030W 15 California

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE OF ZACA PEAK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.02789, 34.77416
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Davis, L.
    First year 1918

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, 86

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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