Cachuma Mining District, San Rafael Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Cachuma Mining District | Mining District |
| San Rafael Mountains | Mountain Range |
| Santa Barbara County | County |
| California | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° North , 119° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~12km
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Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Cachuma Quicksilver District
A former Hg-Cr (Cu-Au-Ag) mining area located at the head of Cachuma Creek, 12 miles NE of Santa Ynez, about 12 miles E of Los Olivas, and 23 miles NE of Solvang.
Mineralization is a series of deposits which occur in fault zones of the Great Valley sequence shales that have been intruded by serpentinized ultramafic rocks. Cinnabar occurs as open space fillings or is disseminated in the fracture zones.
Intermittent Hg production from 1867 to 1946.
Mineralization is a series of deposits which occur in fault zones of the Great Valley sequence shales that have been intruded by serpentinized ultramafic rocks. Cinnabar occurs as open space fillings or is disseminated in the fracture zones.
Intermittent Hg production from 1867 to 1946.
The Cachuma quicksilver district, near the center of Santa Barbara County, California, is principally in the headwater region of Cachuma Creek in the San Rafael Mountains of the California Coast Ranges. The heart of the district is on the western flank of Cachuma Mountain...extends southward into the drainage area of Cachuma Creek and northward into the upper part of Davy Brown Canyon.
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| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Metacinnabar ? | 2.CB.05a | HgS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Chromite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Magnesiochromite | 4.BB.05 | MgCr2O4 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Magnesite | 5.AB.05 | MgCO3 |
| ⓘ | Aragonite | 5.AB.15 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Hydromagnesite | 5.DA.05 | Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Antlerite | 7.BB.15 | Cu3(SO4)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ | Boothite | 7.CB.35 | Cu2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Enstatite | 9.DA.05 | Mg2Si2O6 |
| ⓘ | Dickite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Ferro-actinolite-Tremolite Series' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Serpentine Subgroup' | - | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 |
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Localities in this Region
- California
- Santa Barbara County
- San Rafael Mountains
- Cachuma Mining District
- Cachuma Village
- Bacon Mine (Bacon deposit; O'Donnell and Burns Mining Company; O'Donnell and Byrne Mine; O.B. Mine; O and B Mine)
- Chicken Spring claim (Chicken Spring Extension; Chicken Spring Number One)
- Copper King Mine
- Fairview prospect (Fairview deposit; Los Olivos; Acachuma; Cachuma Chrome Mine)
- Figueroa deposit
- Figueroa Mountain
- Happy Canyon
- Lost Chord claim (Last Chord claim)
- Merchrome No. 2 et al claims
- Mesa claim
- Cachuma Village
- Cachuma Mining District
- San Rafael Mountains
- Santa Barbara County
- California
- Santa Barbara County
- San Rafael Mountains
- Cachuma Mining District
- Cachuma Village
- Montinero prospect (Montinero deposit; La Laguna Ranch)
- Morey prospect
- Peacock Mine (Peacock deposit)
- Red Bluff prospect
- Red Rock Mine (Acachuma Mine; Eagle Mine)
- Roberts claims (Fir Chrome claim; Pine Chrome claim; Lookout Chrome claim)
- Scrub Oak claim (Scrub Oak deposit)
- Stewart Quicksilver Mine
- Sulphur Dome claim (Sulfur Dome claim)
- Unknown Mn occurrence [1]
- Unnamed Cr prospect [3]
- Unnamed Cr prospect [4]
- Unnamed Hg placer deposit [1]
- Unnamed Hg prospect [4]
- Davis prospect
- Eagle deposit
- Joe Grano Zinc claims (Grano Zinc claims)
- Lion Den Mine
- Cachuma Village
- Cachuma Mining District
- San Rafael Mountains
- Santa Barbara County
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Coast MountainsMountain Range
North America Plate
- California BorderlandAccretionary Complex
- Franciscan DomainDomain
Pacific PlateTectonic Plate
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Cachuma Mining District, San Rafael Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California, USA