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Bacon Mine

Past Producer in Santa Barbara county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10286794
MRDS ID M100161
MAS/MILS ID 0060830122
Record type Site
Current site name Bacon Mine
Alternate or previous names O and B, O'Donnell and Burns Mining Co., O.B., O'Donnell and Byrne Mine
Related records 10043410

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.97845, 34.70219 (WGS84)
Elevation 896
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)

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 007 N 029 W 07 SWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.97845, 34.70219
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 45N
    Thickness 1.3M
    Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N80E:45N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 800806

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1918

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bacon, J. F.
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner O'Donnell And Burns Mining Co-1918-Mineral Rights Only.
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • WELLS STATES THAT 870 LONG TONS OF HIGH GRADE ORE SHIPPED D W.W.I, AND IN 1934 SOME ORE WAS SHIPPED. FORTY SHORT TONS WERE D TO PHOENIX DURING 1942. THE AVERAGE MINEABLE GRADE OF CHROMITE IS ABOUT 45 PERCENT C. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY,W.W. ET AL,1918,CAL.STATEMINING BUR BULL 76,P.179-18

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. BULLETIN 76, 1918, P. 179-180.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 70.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-FEB-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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