Elder

Past Producer in Napa county in California, United States with commodity Magnesite
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 10286066
MAS/MILS ID 0060550037
Record type Site
Current site name Elder
Alternate or previous names Detert Mine, Matthai, Cleveland

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.25246, 38.50549 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Napa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chiles Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Napa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 N 004 W 35 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.25246, 38.50549

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF BULL 79, 1925, PP 53-54; B 149, 1949, PP 89-90

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SEC 36; ON NORTH SIDE OF GREASY BREAK CREEK

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.