The Seeley Group is a mine located in San Luis Obispo county, California at an elevation of 2,520 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,520 Feet (768 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 35.3717, -120.67610
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Seeley Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Seeley Group
Secondary: Ore Bag Claim
Secondary: Seeley-Miller Property
Secondary: Spring Creek Nos. 1-4 Claims
Secondary: Trout Creek Nos. 1-4 Claims
Secondary: Crown Point Claim
Secondary: Outpost Nos. 1 and 2 Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: San Luis Obispo
District: Cuesta Pass
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Other
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: San Luis Mining Co.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service - Los Padres National Forest
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Year: 1953
Description: Lump Ore Produced From 1953 To 1955. 15 Mt @ 47 Pct/2.1:1 Cr:Fe
Year: 1953
Description: Concentrates Produced From 1953 To 1955 1050 Mt @ 45.6 Pct/2.2:1 Cr8fe
Year: 1953
Description: Ore Mined From 1953 To 1955 5140 Mt @ 11.5 Pct
Year: 1917
Description: Lump And Milling Ore From 1917-1919 500 Mt
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1880
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE RESERVE ESTIMATES FROM SMITH AND GRIGGS,USGS BULL.945-B, 42-43 ORE BODY SIZE AND ORIENTATION FOR WESTERN ORE BODY AT L CLAIMS. MILL ORE RAN 11.3% CR2O3.CONC RAN 45.6% CR2O3,14% FE=2.2,MASSIVE RAN 47% CR2O3,15%FE,CR/FE=2.1 TOTAL PRODUCTI OX 1051 LT CONC & 16 LT LUMP (5140 LT ORE MILLED) INADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR COST ANALYSIS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 04.50,CR2O3 46.77,FEO 20.05,TOTAL FE 26.37,AL203 09.45,MGO CR/FE 1.56.DISSEMINATED ORE=SI02 04.16,CR2O3 55.54,FEO 13.73 FE 18.65,AL203 07.56,MGO 13.02,CR/FE 2.62.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 945-B, 1944, P. 42-43.
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