The Ruby King is a copper mine located in Colusa county, California at an elevation of 1,348 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,348 Feet (411 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 39.28944, -122.55361
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Ruby King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruby King
Secondary: Ruby King Mineral Paint Co.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Colusa
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ruby King Copper Mining And Townsite Co.
Years: 1908 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $2 AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GROUND CONTROLLED 40 ACRES UNDER AGRICULTURAL PATENT AND SIX UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS. SOUTH OF THESE CLAIMS ARE A GROUP OF COPPER CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1861 .
Comment (Commodity): SOME FLOAT COPPER
Comment (Production): SOME ORE SHIPPED IN 1861 TO SMELTER - NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.
Comment (Deposit): MASSES OF HEMATITE AND LIMONITE
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FORMATION IS AN OXIDIZED, FERRO-MAGNESIAN IGNEOUS ROCK, BADLY ALTERED.
References
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W., 1914 : COLUSA COUNTY, 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 180 - 181 , 178
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 224
Reference (Production): BRADLEY, W.W., 1914
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