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Red Mountain

Past Producer in Mendocino county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031310
MRDS ID M009992
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain
Alternate or previous names Salinas, Red Buck
Related records 10116310

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.09359, 39.06848 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 PROSPECTS IN NW1/4, 3 PROSSPECTS IN SW1/4SE1/4 PROSPECTS MAYBE CHROMITE PROSPECT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Purdys Gardens(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 011W 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME METALLIC COPPER AND GREEN COPPER CARBONATES.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.09359, 39.06848
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Production years 1896

Comments on the production information

  • AUBURY ( 1902 ) REPORTS ONE TON OF ORE MINED AND SHIPPED IN 1896 , YIELDED $12 IN EXCESS OF ALL OTHER COST.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, ONE 100 FT. DEEP. OTHER IS 50 FT. DEEP, ALSO SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES AND SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1902 ; COPPER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 23 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 135

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1953 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MENDOCINCO COUNTY, CA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 359 .

  • Production

    AUBURY, L.E., 1902

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR CLAIMS. IT SEEM LIKELY THAT THE LOCATION OF THIS DEPOSIT IN SEC. 23 T.15N., R.-12W. AS GIVEN IN V.49, NO. 4, P. 359, BULL. 150, P. 271, ECON. MAP 6 BULLS. 176 & 179 ARE INCORRECT, AND THAT CORRECT LOC. WAS GIVEN ONLY IN V. 49, NO. 4, P. 380. THE DEPOSIT IS DESCRIBED AS BEING 10 MI. SE OF UKIAH (HENCE COULD NOT BE IN 23-15/12) AND IN SERP. WHICH OCCURS IN 14-11 BUT NOT IN 23-15/12. RED MTN. IS IN 17-14/11. PROSPECTS ARE SHOWN IN SEC. 17-14/11 ON TOPO MAP, NOT IN SEC. 23-15/12.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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