Valley Oaks Ranch Mine

Prospect in Mendocino county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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 10212229
MRDS ID M009990
MAS/MILS ID 0060450070
Record type Site
Current site name Valley Oaks Ranch Mine
Alternate or previous names Janusz B Prospect
Related records 10031308

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -123.09579, 38.95347 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hopland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Point Arena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 N 011 W 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -123.09579, 38.95347

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN YB 1963 V3 P206

  • Deposit

    A CONCENTRATING PLATN INSTALLED IN 1965 AND HG PRODUCED FROM

  • Deposit

    WORKINGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUN-1991 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.