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Hixon Ranch Vassar Ranch

Occurrence in Mendocino county in California, United States with commodity Magnesite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031303
MRDS ID M009978
Record type Site
Current site name Hixon Ranch Vassar Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -123.05403, 38.90403 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hopland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Point Arena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Russian(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 011W 02,11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnesite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -123.05403, 38.90403
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ancel E. And Zella Irene Fox

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1925 IT WAS REPORTED THAT ABOUT 50 TONS OF WHITE MAGNESITE HAD BEEN MINED AND WAS READY TO SHIP AND OTHER DEPOSITS HIGHER UP THE RIDGE HAD BEEN WORKED OUT. IDLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 4, OCT. 1953, PP. 362, 383

  • Deposit

    USGS B. 355, P. 21

  • Deposit

    CDM BULL. 79, P. 52

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REMARKABLY PURE. ORIGINAL REFERENCES SHOW SEC. 11 ONLY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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