Tamley Claim

The Tamley Claim is a mercury mine located in San Luis Obispo county, California.

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

Name: Tamley Claim  

State:  California

County:  San Luis Obispo

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 35.5889, -120.91670

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Tamley Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tamley Claim
Secondary: Tamney Group
Secondary: Fine Enterprises


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: 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): THE LAS TABLAS CREEK MINES, PARTICULARLY THE BUENA VISTA AND KLAU MINES, ARE ACID MINE DRAINAGE PRODUCERS. CONTAMINANT DISCHARGE FROM MINES IN THE LAS TABLAS CREEK WATERSHED IS NOT UNIFORM THROUGH TIME AND IS RELATED TO SEASONAL CYCLES, ACTIVITY AT THE MINES, AND OTHER FACTORS. THE LOCATION OF CONTAMINANT PLUMES MIGRATING DOWNSTREAM, PARTICULARLY WITH SEDIMENT, CAN THEREFORE BE HIGHLY TIME DEPENDENT. MEAN AND MAXIMUM CONENTRATIONS DETECTED IN WATER FROM THE ENTIRE LAS TABLAS CREEK WATERSHED DURING SAMPLING IN 1992 WERE COMPARED TO 1993 STANDARDS. MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS OF TOTAL COPPER, TOTAL CHROMIUM, TOTAL IRON, TOTAL LEAD, TOTAL MERCURY, TOTAL NICKEL, TOTAL ZINC, TURBIDITY, ALKALINITY, SODIUM, CHLORIDES, AND BORON EXCEEDED A VARIETY OF HUMAN HEALTH, FISH AND WILDLIFE, AGRICULTURAL, PLANT, AND NUISANCE STANDARDS.


References

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. 8-10).

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 197.


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