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Rathburn Group

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109193
MRDS ID M007111
Record type Site
Current site name Rathburn Group
Related records 10114296

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.45746, 39.07738 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4 NE1/4, 2200'S, 400'W FR. NE COR OF SEC. 3 MI. NW OF 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)

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 Colusa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 005W 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.45746, 39.07738
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. P. Rathburn

Comments on the production information

  • ABANDONED IN 1915. REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO 1892. PRODUCTION 1893-1894 OF 150-ODD FLASKS WAS PARTIALLY FROM ANOTHER NEARBY CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 35, NO. 4, OCT. 1939, P. 373

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIVE CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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