Fairview Prospect

Producer in Santa Barbara county in California, United States with commodity Chromium

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109757
MRDS ID M100165
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview Prospect
Alternate or previous names Acachuma, Los Olivos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.92845, 34.68943 (WGS84)
Relative position ASSUMED SPOT AT CENTER OF NW 1/4 SECT. 15.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Santa Barbara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 029W 15 California

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT LOCATED ON WEST SIDE OF CACHUMA CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.92845, 34.68943

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. E. Lee And Associates
    First year 1918

Comments on the production information

  • A TOTAL OF 16 TONS SHIPPED.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M100165

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALKER, G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1953, GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART II, CHAPT. 2, P. 71,86

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHROMITE FLOAT SCATTERED OVER A LARGE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey