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Cypress Prospect, Pick and Shovel Group

Occurrence in San Luis Obispo 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043639
MRDS ID M100456
Record type Site
Current site name Cypress Prospect, Pick and Shovel Group
Related records 10238241

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.67125, 35.36247 (WGS84)
Elevation 625
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center Sw Of Ne, Sect. 34.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Coastal(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 San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 012E 34 SW OF NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.67125, 35.36247
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHROMITE OCCURS IN NUMEROUS SERPENTINIZED ULTRAMAFIC BODIES THAT ARE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED IN A NW TRENDING BELT OF THE FRANCISCAN FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Dibblee And Arata, San Luis Obispo, Ca.

Mining district

District name Cerro Alto-Cvesta Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, C.T. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1944, USGS BULL 945-B, P. 40.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1918, CDMG BULL 76, P. 170.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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