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Elgin

Past Producer in Colusa 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103811
MRDS ID M055631
Record type Site
Current site name Elgin
Related records 10187415

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.47329, 39.05794 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position NEAR WILBUR SPRINGS

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 014N 06W 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GENERAL GRADE OF DEPOSIT IS LOW

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Opal Gangue
Sulfur Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Opalization Of Serpentine

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.47329, 39.05794
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LEDGE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicified Zone In Serpentine

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IN AN AREA OF HOT SPRING ACTIVITY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Production years 1908 - 1909, 1916

Mining district

District name Wilbur Springs

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. S. Norman

Production statistics

  • Year 1939
    Period To 1939
    Material HG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^8 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 253g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • A COUPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE AT PRODUCING SULFUR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1929, MINING IN CALIFORNIA, COLUSA COUNTY: REPT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 25, P. 295 - 299

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.

  • Production

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: IDLE SINCE 1929

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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