Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA

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The Santa Lucia Mountains is a coastal range (Pacific Coast Ranges) running from Monterey, Monterey County, SE for 105 miles (170 km) to San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County. The highest summit is Junipero Serra Peak, 1,784 metres (5,853 feet) in Monterey County.

The rock of the Santa Lucias is dominated by granitic basement of the Salinian Block, between the San Andreas Fault and Sur-Nacimiento Fault. According to plate tectonic theory, the core of the Salinian block formed as part of the same batholith which forms the core of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Peninsular Ranges of Baja California. It was broken off the North American Plate and transported north by the action of the San Andreas Fault from an original position. It is predominantly Mesozoic granitic and pre-Cretaceous metamorphic rocks. There is some Cretaceous sedimentary rock of the Great Valley Sequence, considerable Miocene marine sediments, and some other Tertiary sediments. Units west of the Sur-Nacimiento fault are dominated by rocks of the Franciscan Assemblage. (Wikipedia)

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Albite Allophane Antigorite Aragonite 'Asphaltum' Baryte Bieberite Calcite var: Limestone Onyx Calomel Cervantite Chalcopyrite 'Chert' Chromite Cinnabar Copper

Dolomite Epsomite Glaucophane Gold Gypsum Hematite Hercynite var: Picotite Jadeite Kaolinite 'K Feldspar' Laumontite Lawsonite 'Limonite' Linnaeite Magnesiochromite Magnesite

Marcasite Melanterite Mercury Metacinnabar Millerite Morenosite Muscovite Neotocite 'Olivine' Opal var: Diatomite 'Psilomelane' 'Pumice' Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz

Quartz var: Agate var: Agate-Jasper var: Chalcedony var: Myrickite Rhodochrosite 'Roméite Group var: Stibiconite' Schuetteite (TL) 'Serpentine Group' Spinel Stibnite Talc Tremolite Vivianite

62 entries listed. 45 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region

USA California San Luis Obispo Co. Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range) Adelaide District (Adelaide Klau District) Adelaida Almaden deposit Cypress Mountain group Dubost deposit (Dubest deposit) Elizabeth and Winona group Fine Enterprises prospect (Tamley claim; Tamney group) Fitzhugh Ranch deposits (Benton Ranch) James Wheeler claims Kismet occurrence Klau Mine group Capitola Mine (Canitela Mine) Klau Mine (Sierra Morena Mine; Karl Mine; Santa Cruz Mine; Sunderland Mine; Carson Mine) Mahoney Mine (Buena Vista deposit; Gould Mine) La Libertad Mine (Belt Mine; Jacks 7X; Thompson Mine) Lime Mountain Quarry (Lime Mountain deposit; Dalessi; Limestone Mountain Quarry) Little Bonanza Mine (Modoc; Alice; George; Josephine group; Tartaglia) Madrone Mine Mayfield prospect Peppard Ranch deposit Unnamed Hg occurrence (2) Unnamed pumice quarry (3) William Tell occurrence (Williams) Alpha claim Arroyo Grande Arroyo Grande Creek deposit Caen Quarry (Houghton Quarry) Fugler Ranch Fugler Ranch Baryte deposit Grieb Ranch Quarry Isom prospect Newsome Marl deposit Steele Ranch Magnesite deposit Unnamed diatomite deposit (2) Unnamed limestone deposit (1) Unnamed pumice occurrence (2) Unspecified Allophane occurrence Big Bend claim Bluebird Mine Cambria-Oceanic District Cambria Bianchi Quarry Black Mountain area Black Mountain prospect Cambria Mine (Bank Mine; Red Hill workings; La Trinidad Mine) Cambria pit Fitzhugh Ranch Mine (Benton Ranch; Lehman; Leman) Gambrie Mine Gemstone Nos. 1; 2; & 3 Kiser Ranch Kiser Ranch deposit (Kaisar Place; Kisar deposit) Marquart Mine (Cambria Mine; Marquart Estate prospect) Moonstone Beach Mora Brothers Quarry Mount Butte Chromite property Oceanic Mine Phelan Ranch deposits Pine Mountain Pine Mountain deposit Buckeye Mine Doty Mine Hamilton Mine Keystone Mine Little Almaden Mine Ocean View Mine (Mount Bishop) Pine Mountain Mine (Ricioli prospect) Williams prospect Rancho San Simeon pit Rogers Ranch occurrence San Simeon Creek South Fork San Simeon Creek San Simeon Creek deposit San Simeon Creek Shell deposits Unnamed limestone deposit (2) Vulture Mine Warren prospect Wittenberg Ranch Mine Cayucos Bonanza group Cienega Creek Quarry Hazzard group Jitney Mine Kester prospect (Restor prospect) Mable G Mine Manini property Middlemast Ranch deposit (Middlecrest Ranch Chrome deposit) Muscio prospect Prodigal Son occurrence Ridge claim Santa Rita Stone Quarry Vollmer prospect (Quintano prospect) Whale Rock pit Zerfing Ranch deposit (Old Creek deposit) Cerro Alto Alfred H. Ruedy Chrome prospect Barbara claim Captian deposit Chromic Acid No. 1 claim (High Grade claim) Chromic Acid No. 2 claim Colonel deposit Eagle claim Eucalyptus No. 1 claim (Eucalyptus Mine) Eucalyptus No. 2 deposit Eureka claim (Leslie Elberg claim) Florence claim Hard Face Chromite Mine (Sunrise No. 2; Bluebird; Old Smoky) Hobson claims Leitner claim Little Bend group (Little Band group) Moonbeam No. 1 deposit Mountain View deposit Norcross Mine (West Norcross Mine; Brooklyn Mine; Manzanita; Biaggini Mine; Norcross Chrome Mine; Sunrise No. 3 claim; Victory No. 3 claim; Bernardo No. 3 claim) North Star claims San Ramon Mine (San Remon claims Nos. 1; 2; 3; & 4) Schweider and McCles claim Silver Swan Mine (Lonestar and Fern Mine) Spring Creek Chrome prospect Starlight Cr occurrence Sunrise No. 1 prospect

USA California San Luis Obispo Co. Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range) Cerro Alto Sunrise Nos. 1 and 2 deposits Sweetwater-Norcross group Tip Top deposit Sweetwater Mine (San Juan Mine; Pierce and Benadom group) Tassajara group (Tassajero group) Unnamed Cr property (4) Vulture Cr occurrence Chorro Castro Mine (Castro Chrome Mine; Trinidad Mine) Castro No. 2 claim (Castro group) Chorro Creek Refugio claim Unspecified Cu occurrence Colorado Mine Cuesta Pass Low Ranch deposit Pick and Shovel Mine (Pick A Shovel Mine; Safety Chrome Mine; Safety Mine) El Divisadero Mine (Eldivenfaro Mine) El Prinero Mine El Salto Mine Estrella Mine Hilltop claim Homeplace pit Jasper claim Johnson Ranch deposit La Primera Mine (El Primero Mine; Hardface Mine; La Primero Mine) Laflor claim Lanscioni prospect Lee Quarry Lucky Strike Mine Mescal Mine Mutual Chrome Mine (Mutual Chance Mine) New London Mine (London Mine) Niggerhead Mine O'Connor Ranch deposits (Mount Bishop Mine) Pick and Shovel group Chorro Mine (London Mine; Cypress prospect; Cypress Chrome Mine; Chorro Creek prospect) Rawhide Cr occurrence Questa prospect Rodilla Cr occurrence San Jose Valley Mine San Luis Obispo Nickel occurrence Santa Clara deposit Seeley group Central claims (Central claim) Climax claim Crown Point claim Liberty claim Lucky Jack claim Lucky Jake claim Mutual Climax Creek claim New Discovery claim Old Glory claim Ore Bag claim Outpost No. 1 claim Outpost No. 2 claim Spring Creek No. 1 claim Trout Creek No. 1 claim Trout Creek No. 2 claim Single Jack Mine Sunshine claims (Keeney; Alviso) Take a Chance group Trinidad Mine Unnamed chromite mine (2) Unnamed Ni occurrence (1) Cienaga Mine Egenes prospect First Chance Mine (Skyscraper Mine; Drought Mine) Harmony Hill prospect Land Red Rock pit Morro Bay prospect (Follet Ranch prospect) Rancho Santa Rita Mine Ricioli prospect Unnamed Mn occurrence (2) Huasna Deer Trail Mine Ezra Carpenter deposit Kessler Onyx deposit Lowe; Porter; et al Limestone deposit Morgan Limestone deposit Steele Ranch deposit (Rancho Santa Manuela) Unnamed Baryte deposit (1) Lopez Canyon group Los Berros Los Berros Canyon (Campedonico Ranch) Moore Quarry Lucky Jack group (Bonilla claim; Lucky Chrome claim; Lucky Davis claim; Lucky Jack claim; Lookout claim; Flores claim) Mello prospects Musick Mercury Belle Mine Rinconada Rinconada Mine (Rinconada deposit; Claus Mine; San Jose Valley) Unnamed Hg prospect (3) Unnamed Hg prospect (4) Unnamed Hg prospects (1) Unnamed Hg prospects (6) S. Aumaier deposit (Aumaler & Roderjues claim) San Carpoforo North Star and Sunset View Mine (Santa Maria Mine) Polar Star Mine (Santa Clara Mine; Black Hawk Mine; Polar Star No. 1 claim; Polar Star No. 2 claim) San Simeon Beach cliffs Evans Manganese prospects Evans Ranch deposit Hearst Ranch Hearst Ranch-Marmolejo Creek deposit (Hearst Ranch prospect) Hearst Ranch - Red Rock deposit Pereira Group claims (Beauty Spot claim; Potrero claim; Red Rock claim; Ocean View claim) Pine Mountain claims (Old Timer Mine; Chisholm Mine) Porta Brothers Ranch claims Rancho Piedra Blanca occurrence Rogers San Carpojaro Creek deposits S. P. Dayton Ranch placer San Carpojaro Creek deposits (Arroyo La Cruz; Owl No. 1 and Owl No. 2 deposits) Tobacco Creek prospect (Tobacco Creek Mine) See Canyon Unnamed Phosphate occurrence Serrano prospect Unnamed Cr occurrence (1)