Montinero Prospect

Prospect in Santa Barbara county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10189652
MRDS ID M100167
MAS/MILS ID 0060830098
Record type Site
Current site name Montinero Prospect
Alternate or previous names La Laguna Ranch, La Laguna Ranch Prospect
Related records 10043415

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.99785, 34.71079 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
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

Figueroa Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuyama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Ynez(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Santa Barbara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 N 030 W 01 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.99785, 34.71079

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James O. Donnell
    Home office California
    Year 1920
  • Type Owner
    Owner Byrne, Robert
    Home office California
    Year 1920

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 17, 1920, P. 387-388.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 134, 1953, PART II, CHAPT. 2,

  • Deposit

    P. 71.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-FEB-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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