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Ruby King

Past Producer in Colusa county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029535
MRDS ID M007135
Record type Site
Current site name Ruby King
Alternate or previous names Ruby King Mineral Paint Co.
Related records 10235408

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.55469, 39.28931 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
Relative position 4 MILES SW OF LODOGA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colusa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilmore Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stony(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mendocino National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Colusa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 006W 29,32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Iron Secondary
Mercury Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME FLOAT COPPER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Epidote Gangue

Analytical data

Result $2 AU/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.55469, 39.28931
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FORMATION IS AN OXIDIZED, FERRO-MAGNESIAN IGNEOUS ROCK, BADLY ALTERED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1861

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ruby King Copper Mining And Townsite Co.
    First year 1908

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE SHIPPED IN 1861 TO SMELTER - NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W.W., 1914 : COLUSA COUNTY, 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 180 - 181 , 178

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 224

  • Production

    BRADLEY, W.W., 1914

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSES OF HEMATITE AND LIMONITE
Deposit GROUND CONTROLLED 40 ACRES UNDER AGRICULTURAL PATENT AND SIX UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS. SOUTH OF THESE CLAIMS ARE A GROUP OF COPPER CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1861 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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