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Deer Trail Mine

Past Producer in San Luis Obispo county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262452
MRDS ID M055789
MAS/MILS ID 0060790331
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Trail Mine
Related records 10040904

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.28786, 35.10028 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Luis Obispo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Huasna Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(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 San Luis Obispo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032 S 016 E 32 SESENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.28786, 35.10028
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORTR 21, 1925, P. 530-531.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 31, 1935, P. 432.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-R, 1941, P. 548-549, 567.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 197.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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