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Bitumen from
Beach cliffs, San Simeon, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA


Locality type:Cliff
Classification
Species:Petroleum var: Bitumen
Comments:as mass's of amorphous black material in and with quartz crystals in veins throughout serpentine country rock
Habit:amorphous
Colour:black
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartzⓘ1 photo of Bitumen associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bitumen data
Locality Data:Click here to view Beach cliffs, San Simeon, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:775545
Long-form Identifier:1:3:775545:3
GUID (UUID V4):f4b05ab0-4b7d-4688-a3e3-86a9e649470c
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (volume)
Geology in Canada: Hume, G. S., Gunning, H. G., 5. California, southern, pegmatites: 3. Arciniega, V. M. Geology...Hershey, H. G. , 2. scale: Spieker, E. M., 3. Iron-range rocks, origin: Tanton, Distribution in geologic...Science and hobby: Meen, V. B. , 1. Pegmatites, California, southern: Mineralogy and the field geologist...Schultz, P. R. Thrust faulting, mechanisms, Rocky Mts., discovery challenge: theories: Longwell, C. R....Gravenor, Cuebec, St. Lawrence Lowlands, C. P., 15. California, Barstow quadrangle: Trenton group, Ordovician:
Report (issue)
EXAMINED LATERALLY ALONG THE COAST NEAR SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA By Caroline M. Isaacs Open-File Report...endorsement by the U.S. Geological Survey. Menlo Park, California May 1980 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF FIGURES...the Monterey Formation along the coast west of Santa Barbara .... 4 Geologic setting of the Monterey...the coast west of Santa Barbara ......... 7 Miocene paleogeography of the Santa Barbara Basin .......lithologic column of the Monterey Formation between San Augustine and Gaviota Canyons ............. 23
Report (volume)
been called Mabb amygdaloid.] Belongs to Bohemian Range group. Is younger than Baltic West amygda­ loid...sandstone. Permian : Central northern Oklahoma (Bay County). C. N. Gould, 1900 (Kans. Univ. Quart., vol. 9...dolomite. Permian : Central northern Texas (Fisher County). M. G. Cheney, 1929 (Univ. Tex. Bull. 2913, p...is. McCloud limestone. Permian ( ?) : Northern California (Redding region). H. W. Fairbanks, July 1894...Perm. (?). McCloud shales. Permian : Northern California (Redding region). H. W. Fairbanks, July 1894
Report (issue)
ernary geology ----------------------Basin and Range region ----------------------Mineral resource studies...----Arizona ---------------------------------California ------------------------------Nevada -------...onnecticut Valley, urban area project __ Front Range urban corridor, Colorado __ Baltimore-Washington...l cooperators --------------------------State, county, and local cooperators -----------Other cooperators...and tectonic features, central Sierra Nevada, California F. C. W. Dodge reports that the distribution
Report (issue)
section on Paleontology, by Joseph Lintz, Jr. CC. California, Oregon, and Washington, by Richard B. Saul,...·-------------------------------------------------------CC. California, Oregon, and Washington, by Richard B. Saul,...from Lee County in the southeast corner of the State northwestward to southeastern Kossuth County in north-central...micaceous dolomitic limestone that has a minor quartz san~ fraction. It is restricted to southern M7 Iowa...(SE I/~ sec. 36, T. 70 N., R. 10 W., Van Buren County). The heavily iron stained irregular upper surface
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cretaceous clays, silts, and sands deposited in a wide range of depositional environments. Studies have investigated...cropping out along several hundreds of metres of beach cliffs. Modern slope failure and minor faults affect...and 2 and Figs. 4 and 5) at GeoMark Research, Ltd (USA). TOC was measured using a LECO C230 instrument,...2 and Figs. 4 and 5. Carbonate and TOC contents range between 1.4–83.5 and 0.04–2.93 % respectively. Pyrolysis...palynomaceral assemblages of the Vectis Formation range from being dominated by terrestrial particles (kerogen
Book
Displaced Strata at Headon Hill, PI. IX. p. 150. Chalk Cliffs at Freshwater'Gate, PL X. p. 194. Compton Bay,...XIII. p. 252. Wealden Cliffs, in Compton Bay, PL XIV. p. 274. Culver Cliffs, from the Sea, PLXV. p....162. ( hristchurch Bay. 164 strata of Hordwell Cliffs, 166. Hordwel] tip-Mis, in. 153. Chapter VI.—The...Compton Bay Greensand 221. cliffs, series, 223. The fossils, 229. cliffs to Atherfield Point, 219...219. Fossils of the Southern range of Chalk Downs, Fossil fuci, 247. Firestone strata, 242. Coast of
Journal (volume)
t/ciettceA Digitized by the Internet Archive in California 2011 with funding from Academy of Sciences...the covered with ruins, lofty boisterous sea, cliffs whose tract of Rugged sides are bases are...these almost inaccessible regions divide with them range. The lower pastures are remain- this barren...mountains of Scotland, forms of towering its cliffs destitute which seem mists which presents a...directed eastward, is forms a second and interior range of northwards. its even be more considerable
Book (edition)
University of Vermont; Jeffrey Mount, University of California—Davis; and William N. Orr, University of Oregon...Deposits, 409 Ancient Deltaic Systems, 414 12.3 Beach and Barrier-Island Systems 415 Introduction, 415...Depositional Processes on Beaches, 418 Characteristics of Beach and Barrier-Island Deposits, 422 Transgressive and...and Regressive Barrier Sequences, 426 Beach and BarrierIsland Deposits in the Geologic Record, 428 12...stratigraphic ranges of these organisms. Stratigraphic range is the stratigraphic interval between the first
Book
manganese deposits. Abundant at Butte, Montana, USA, Rhodochrosite carvings and other localities, rhodochrosite...400°F/200°C). Layered rocks in the San Juan River Erosion at this canyon in Utah, USA, has exposed layers of shale...azurite is always azure blue. YELLOW FLUORITE Color range These specimens show only a few of the many colors...layers of sedimentary rock in the Grand Canyon, USA. The highest layers are the youngest, while the deepest...crystallization and more interesting crystal forms. A wide range of specimens can be purchased from dealers, but
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400°F/200°C). Layered rocks in the San Juan River Erosion at this canyon in Utah, USA, has exposed layers of shale...azurite is always azure blue. YELLOW FLUORITE Color range These specimens stidw only a few of the many colors...layers of sedimentary rock in the Grand Canyon, USA. The highest layers are the youngest, while the deepest...crystallization and more nteresting crystal forms. A wide range of specimens can be purchased from dealers, but...collecting sites, such as road cuttings and eroded cliffs on shorelines, continue to provide excellent opportunities
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examples. The Caithness Flagstones forming the cliffs and sea stacks at Duncansby Head near John o’Groats...Ca, Caribbean; Ph, Philippine; A, Arabian. SAF, San Andreas fault. Iceland o 20o F SA 40 A Ph ...constantly attacking the coast and wearing away the cliffs. Chemical weathering and physical erosion continue...ball concretions; the large round boulder on the beach is a concretion weathered out of the cliff face;...bogs between (Fig. 3.2), or occasionally soaring cliffs, as at Cape Wrath (Fig. 3.3). Lewisian rocks occur
 
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