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Central Claims, Seeley Group

Past Producer 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103910
MRDS ID M100454
Record type Site
Current site name Central Claims, Seeley Group
Alternate or previous names Claims: Climax, Liberty, Trout Creek Nos.1 and 2, New Discovery, Spring Creek No. 1, Lucky Jack, Lucky Jake
Related records 10164935

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.66486, 35.36803 (WGS84)
Elevation 695
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 4 MILES SW OF SANTA MARGARITA, CA., Assumed Spot At Common Corner Of The Four Sections.

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)

Salinas(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 26;27;34;35 California

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS LOCATED NEAR THE COMMON CORNER OF THE ABOVE FOUR SECTIONS. THEY EXTEND WESTWARD FROM TASSAJARA CREEK OVER THE CREST OF THE RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization Of Host Rock

Analytical data

Result HIGHEST GRADE 10% CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.66486, 35.36803
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 15.24M

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 Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cerroalto-Cuesta Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. L. Seeley And Geo. Miller

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL PITS AND FUNNELS, SOME OF WHICH WERE BUILT IN THE LATE 1800'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE TWO PRODUCTIVE ZONES: THE WESTERN AND THE EASTERN ORE BODY. THE WESTERN BODY TRENDS N60W, IS UP TO 50 FT WIDE, 20 FT DEEP AND 300-400 FT LONG. THE EASTERN BODY TRENDS N65W, DIPS 40 SW, IS AT LEAST 200 FT LONG AND UP TO 10 FT WIDE.

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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