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Nye Ranch

Occurrence in Glenn county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040626
MRDS ID M055475
Record type Site
Current site name Nye Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.44691, 39.58681 (WGS84)
Elevation 185
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position SOUTHWEST OF FRUTO, Estimated At Fruto

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Glenn(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fruto(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willows(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento-Stone Corral(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Glenn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020N 005W California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT OF HG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 179
USGS model code 27c
Deposit model name Silica-carbonate Hg

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCE. PLOTS IN UPPER CRETACEOUS MARINE STRATA ON UKIAH GEOLOGIC MAP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 78, P. 46

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-75 Gassaway, J.S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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