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Ocean View Mine (Mount Bishop), Pine Mountain deposit, Pine Mountain, Cambria, Cambria-Oceanic District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA

Latitude: 35°41'53"N
Longitude: 121°5'37"W
A former Hg mine located 0.9 km (2,900 feet) N of Pine Mountain.

Mineralization is hosted in serpentinite.

Local structures include local faults.

Production data are found in: U.S. Bureau of Mines file data.

References

Bradley, W.W. (1918), Quicksilver resources of California, with a section on metallurgy and ore dressing: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 78, 389 pp.

Franke, Herbert A. (1935a), Mines and mineral resources of San Luis Obispo County, California: California Division Mines (Report 31): 31(4): 434-455.

Ransome, Alfred Leslie & J.L. Kellogg (1939), Quicksilver resources of California: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 35): 35: 353-486.

Eckel, Edwin Butt, R.G. Yates & A.E. Granger (1941), Quicksilver deposits in San Luis Obispo County and southwestern Monterey County, California: USGS Bulletin 922-R: 515-580.

Holmes, Jr., G.W. (1965), Mercury in California: in: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8252.

Mineral List

Cinnabar


1 entry listed. 1 valid mineral.

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