The Cypress Mountain is a mine located in San Luis Obispo county, California at an elevation of 2,500 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 35.76167, -121.27333
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Cypress Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cypress Mountain
Commodity
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: San Luis Obispo
District: Adelaide
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kenneth Kingsbury
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Local Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED AT CENTER OF SECTION BOUNDARY
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, E. B., YATES, R. G., AND GRANGER, A. E., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS BULL. 922-R, P. 515 - 580
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIF6RNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
Reference (Deposit): FRANKE, H.A., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 31, P. 434-455
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