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Refugio

Occurrence in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095254
MRDS ID M020995
Record type Site
Current site name Refugio
Related records 10213397

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.6918, 35.3608 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES NORTH OF SAN LUIS OBISPO

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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.6918, 35.3608
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 41.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • 135 FT. ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 : COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 174

  • Deposit

    FRANKE, H.A., 1935 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 31 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 419

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) 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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