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Central and Empire 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 10109194
MRDS ID M007116
Record type Site
Current site name Central and Empire Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.42357, 39.03294 (WGS84)
Relative position MINE SYMBOL IN SW1/4 NW1/4 SEC. 28

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 005W 28,29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.42357, 39.03294
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. M. Newhall And Co.
    First year 1929
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. W. Cuthbert
    First year 1939

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS FROM THE THREE CENTRAL CLAIMS, AND REPORTED TO BE MORE THAN $10,000 IN 1926. IDLE AND DESERTED IN MAY, 1927.

Comments on the workings information

  • IRREGULAR WORKINGS (GOPHERING); CROSSCUT, DRIFTS; SHAFTS, SHORT ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXV, PP. 295-6

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 35, NO. 4, OCT. 1939, PP. 371-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WILBUR HILL HG PROSPECT ALSO IN THIS SEC. - USBM IC 825 P. 182. SIX CLAIMS COMPRISING 70 ACRES IN ALL. THE RICH SEAMS OF CINNABAR CUT IN ALL DIRECTIONS THROUGH THE SERPENTINE WHICH HAD BEEN ALTERED AND MINERALIZED BY HOT WATER.

Reporter information

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

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

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