The Red Mountain is a copper mine located in Mendocino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Red Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Mountain
Secondary: Salinas
Secondary: Red Buck
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Mendocino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SOME METALLIC COPPER AND GREEN COPPER CARBONATES.
Comment (Production): AUBURY ( 1902 ) REPORTS ONE TON OF ORE MINED AND SHIPPED IN 1896 , YIELDED $12 IN EXCESS OF ALL OTHER COST.
Comment (Deposit): FOUR CLAIMS. IT SEEM LIKELY THAT THE LOCATION OF THIS DEPOSIT IN SEC. 23 T.15N., R.-12W. AS GIVEN IN V.49, NO. 4, P. 359, BULL. 150, P. 271, ECON. MAP 6 BULLS. 176 & 179 ARE INCORRECT, AND THAT CORRECT LOC. WAS GIVEN ONLY IN V. 49, NO. 4, P. 380. THE DEPOSIT IS DESCRIBED AS BEING 10 MI. SE OF UKIAH (HENCE COULD NOT BE IN 23-15/12) AND IN SERP. WHICH OCCURS IN 14-11 BUT NOT IN 23-15/12. RED MTN. IS IN 17-14/11. PROSPECTS ARE SHOWN IN SEC. 17-14/11 ON TOPO MAP, NOT IN SEC. 23-15/12.
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS, ONE 100 FT. DEEP. OTHER IS 50 FT. DEEP, ALSO SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES AND SHORT ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L.E., 1902 ; COPPER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 23 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 135
Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1953 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MENDOCINCO COUNTY, CA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 359 .
Reference (Production): AUBURY, L.E., 1902
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