Valley Oaks Ranch Mine Janusz B Prospect Janusz Mining Co.

Producer in Mendocino county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031308
MRDS ID M009990
Record type Site
Current site name Valley Oaks Ranch Mine Janusz B Prospect Janusz Mining Co.
Related records 10212229

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.09359, 38.95681 (WGS84)

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 013N 011W 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.09359, 38.95681

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 3 FLASKS IN 1963; 1965.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN. YB. 1963, V. 3, P. 206

  • Deposit

    DOM MIS V. 18, NO. 2, 1965, P. 25

  • Deposit

    DOM GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALIF., SANTA ROSA SHEET; MINING ENG. FEB. 1966, P. 70

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN 1964; A CONCENTRATING PLANT INSTALLED IN 1965 AND HG PRODUCED FROM SURFACE WORKINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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