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San Guillermo Creek

Past Producer in Ventura county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064809
MRDS ID TC39354
Record type Site
Current site name San Guillermo Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.10093, 34.71667 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ventura(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lockwood Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuyama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Clara(hydrologic unit)

Ventura-San Gabriel Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern 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 Ventura

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 007N 021W California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AVERAGE GOLD PINHEAD SIZE, FINE TO MEDIUM GRAINED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.10093, 34.71667
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK SOURCE: PRECAMBRIAN, TERTAIARY LODES IN TAOS RANGE TO THE EAST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Piru

Comments on the workings information

  • ATTEMPTED DREDGING

Comments on development

  • WORKED BY SPANISH; DREDGING UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO LARGE BASALT BOULDERS; GRADE EST TO BE .012 TO 0.082 OZ PER CUBIC YARD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HALE, W.N., WINTERS, R.A., GRAHAM, D.E., AND NEWMANN, T.R., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SESPE FRAZIER RARE II AREA (NO. 5002), VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT 28-83, P. 30.

  • Deposit

    ORRIS, G.J., AND BLISS, J.D.,1985, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-VOLUME DATA ON 330 GOLD PLACER DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-213, 172 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    HALE AND OTHERS, 1983.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORRIS AND BLISS, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTAINED METAL: 31,000 G AU
Deposit PRODUCTION STRIP 58 KM LONG BETWEEN RED RIVER AND EMBUDO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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