Ferris Mine

Producer in Humboldt 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. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000924
MRDS ID M008791
Record type Site
Current site name Ferris Mine
Related records 10285337

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.56783, 41.18703 (WGS84)
Relative position PLOTTED ON MINE SYMBOL ON TOPO MAP IN PROJECTED SEC. 2; UNSURVEYED

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hopkins Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 179
USGS model code 27c
Deposit model name Silica-carbonate Hg

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.56783, 41.18703

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PSFC, FIG. 7

  • Deposit

    IRWIN, W.P., 1960, GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTHERN COAST RANGES AND KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA, WITH A SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 179, P. 72, FIG. 12.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, 1939, ECONOMIC MINE MAP OF CALIFORNIA, NO. 1 QUICKSILVER: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, SCALE 1:1,000,000.

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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