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San Carpojaro Creek Deposits

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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043663
MRDS ID M100485
Record type Site
Current site name San Carpojaro Creek Deposits
Alternate or previous names Arroyo La Cruz, Owl No. 1 and Owl No. 2 Deposits
Related records 10140630

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.16849, 35.77245 (WGS84)
Elevation 655
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center Sect. 12, Assumed Spot Center 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

Burnett 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025S 007E 12 California

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT LOCATED ON DIVIDE BETWEEN SAN CARPOJARO CREEK AND ARROYO DE LA CRUZ.

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.16849, 35.77245
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Width 1.52M

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

Mining district

District name Northern San Luis Obispo Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. J. Estrado And C. M. Garcia
    First year 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALKER, G. W. AND GRIGGS, A. B., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PART 2, CHAPT. 2, P. 58, 84

Reporter information

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

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