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Southard Ranch

Producer 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109254
MRDS ID M010065
Record type Site
Current site name Southard Ranch
Related records 10140047

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.32916, 39.4043 (WGS84)
Relative position ASSESSOR SAID RANCH WAS 2-6 MI. E. OF WILLITS. EXACT SECTION UNKNOWN BUT SYMBOL IS SHOWN IN SEC. 20 IN PSFC REPORT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willits(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Eel(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 018N 013W 20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnesite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.32916, 39.4043
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A LEDGE OF MAGNESITE 4' X 50' WAS TAKEN FROM AN OPEN CUT AND HAULED 2 MI. TO RAILROAD AT WILLITS. VERTICAL VEIN BETWEEN WALLS OF HARD SERPENTINE PINCHED TO 10" AT DEPTH OF 30'.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. C. Duffield And Charles Whited
    Home office Willits
    First year 1916

Comments on the production information

  • 150 TONS OF HIGH-GRADE MAGNESITE IN 1916.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 79, P. 52; V. 49, NO. 4, P 362

  • Deposit

    NAT'L RESOURCES OF NW CALIF., PSFC 1955, MISC. MIN. COM.

Reporter information

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

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