Elgin

Occurrence in Colusa county in California, United States with commodities Mercury, Sulfur
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10187415
MRDS ID M055631
MAS/MILS ID 0060110019
Record type Site
Current site name Elgin
Related records 10103811

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.48577, 39.07098 (WGS84)
Elevation 838
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colusa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilbur Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cache(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Colusa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014 N 006 W 13 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Sulfur Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.48577, 39.07098

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXV PP236 8

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SEC18 WITH T14N & R5W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.