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Captian Deposit

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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109764
MRDS ID M100448
Record type Site
Current site name Captian Deposit
Related records 10164862

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.7357, 35.40803 (WGS84)
Relative position ASSUMED SPOT AT CENTER OF NE 1/4 SECT. 13.

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
029S 011E 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 1000 FT NW OF WEST NORCROSS CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BOTH LOW AND HIGH GRADE ORE PRESENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization Of Dunite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.7357, 35.40803
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N45E
    Dip 45NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sweetwater-Norcross Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL PITS, ONE OF WHICH IS 50 FT. LONG AND 10-20 FT. DEEP ADN WIDE.

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. 55,56,81

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J.E., 1941, GEOL. INVESTIGATION, OF CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF CALIF.: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, P. 143.

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative California resources

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