The Wittenberg Mine is a mercury mine located in San Luis Obispo county, California.
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Mine Info
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Wittenberg Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wittenberg Mine
Secondary: Wittenberg Property
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: San Luis Obispo
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Environmental Factors): SEDIMENT COLLECTED IN THE SAN SIMEON CREEK ABOVE THE CAMBRIA MINE TRIBUTARY CONTAINED ELEVATED ANTIMONY, ARSENIC, AND LEAD, INDICATINGAN UPSTREAM SOURCES (POSSIBLY THE HAMILTON MINE). MEAN AND MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS DETECTED IN WATER SAMPLES FROM THE ENTIRE SAN SIMEON CREEK WATERSHED IN 1992 WERE COMPARED TO 1993 STANDARDS. MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS OF TOTAL CHROMIUM, TOTAL MERCURY, TOTAL NICKEL, TURBIDITY, ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE, SODIUM, CHLORIDES, AND BORON EXCEEDED A VARIETY OF HUMAN HEALTH, FISH AND WILDLIFE, AGRICULTURAL, PLANT, AND NUISANCE STANDARDS.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 196.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, CENTRAL
Reference (Deposit): COAST REGION. SURFACE WATER DEGRADATION BY INACTIVE
Reference (Deposit): METAL MINES IN NORTHWEST SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CA,
Reference (Deposit): DECEMBER 1993 (P. 11-12).
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 21, 1925, P. 535.
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