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Cuyama Phosphate Mine

Past Producer in Santa Barbara county in California, United States with commodities Gypsum-Anhydrite, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116961
MAS/MILS ID 0060830160
Record type Site
Current site name Cuyama Phosphate Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.70424, 34.87499 (WGS84)
Elevation 841
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Barbara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salisbury Potrero(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuyama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cuyama(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 Santa Barbara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 N 026 W 07 NESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Miocene marine rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Comments on the geologic information

  • AV. STRIKE OF UNIT: N60W. DIP VARIES 50-69 SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1965

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John H. Finney 401 Alameda St. San Mateo Cali 342-8297
    Home office California
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Period 1965 To 1974
    Description Phosphate Rock Ave. 5 Percent 18000 Short Tons

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCULLOCH, R.B., NEWMAN,T.,1982, RESOURCES OF THE FOX MTN.

  • Deposit

    RARE II,AREA(NO.5120), SANTA BARBARA CO., CALIF., USBM MLA

  • Deposit

    FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS,A.E.,1979, ANALYTICAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC DATA ON THE

  • Deposit

    UPPER PHOSPHATIC MUDSTONE MEMBER OF THE SANTA MARGARITA

  • Deposit

    FORMATION AT NEWSOME CANYON, SOUTHERN CUYAMA VALLEY, CALIF.,

  • Deposit

    US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT 79-1466

  • Deposit

    WETZEL,N.,1982, FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF THE FOX MOUNTAIN

  • Deposit

    RARE II AREA PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT, SANTA BARBARA CO., CALIF.,

  • Deposit

    USBM (UNPUB)

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. PROP. FILE #0060830160.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Denton, David K. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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