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Eucalyptus No. 2 Deposit

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043643
MRDS ID M100461
Record type Site
Current site name Eucalyptus No. 2 Deposit
Related records 10262482

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.7432, 35.4158 (WGS84)
Relative position ASSUMED SPOT IN NE 1/4 SECT. 12

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atascadero(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 011E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW GRADE ORE

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) -120.7432, 35.4158
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. W. Pierce

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF PIT, 50 FT. LONG, 10 FT WIDE AND TRENDING N45W; A SHORT DRIFT AND A 20 FT. INCLINE

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. 82.

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J.E., 1941, GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF CALIF.: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, P. 142.

Reporter information

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

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