Latitude: 36°19'17"N
Longitude: 120°35'10"W
A former asbestos mine located near the southern tip of the New Idria serpentine mass, NW of Coalinga.
Mineralization is hosted in rocks of the Berger unit (serpentinite).
Local structures include the NW-trending Coalinga Anticline and the New Idria thrust fault.
Related tectonic structures include the California Coast Ranges.
References
Linn, R.K. (1968) New Idria mining district. In: Ore Deposits of the United States, 1933-1967. The Graton-Sales volume, New York, A.I.M.E.: 1623-1649.
Woodmansee, W.C. (1973) The mineral industry of California: Reprint from 1971. U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Yearbook, 50 pp.: 19-20.
Engineering and Mining Journal International Directory of Mining and Mineral Processing Operations (1978), New York: McGraw Hill Mining Information Services: 168.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 422.
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