Red Mountain

Occurrence in Mendocino county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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 10116310
MRDS ID M009992
MAS/MILS ID 0060450072
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain
Alternate or previous names Red Buck, Salinas
Related records 10031310

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.09829, 39.07297 (WGS84)
Elevation 902
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Purdys Gardens(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Russian(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(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 Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014 N 011 W 17 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.09829, 39.07297

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR MINES AND GEOL V49 NO4 OCT 1953 PP359 380

  • Deposit

    4 CLAIMS 2 PROSPECTS IN NW1/4 2 PROSPECTS IN SW1/4

  • Deposit

    1 CLAIM BY OPEN CUT AND CROSS-CUT TUNNEL ADJOINING CLAIM-2 S

  • Deposit

    AND AN INCLINE

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.