Mine detail: Atlas Asbestos Co. Mine

Previously called 'Santa Cruz MineHiden Splendor Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.32134, -120.58709

Resource(N)

Primary:	Asbestos
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1961

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1962

Geology

Host rock:	Franciscan Complex
Host type:	Serpentinite
Associated rock:	Panoche Formation
Associated type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Northwest- Trending Coalinga Anticline, New Idria Thrust Fault
Tectonic:	California Coast Ranges
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Of Upper 15 To 20 Ft. Of Deposit.

References

MRDS	W031823
DEP	10080545
Reference	{Deposit:: 1978, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. NEW YORK: MCGRAW- HILL MINING INFORMATION SERVICES, P. 168.}{Deposit:: LINN, R. K., 1968, NEW IDRIA MINING DISTRICT IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967 (THE GRATON- SALES VOLUME). NEW YORK: AM. INST. OF MNG., MET. AND PET. ENG., INC., PP. 1623-1649.}
Reporter	Zigler, Jan L. (Huber, Donald F.)