The Elgin is a mercury mine located in Colusa county, California at an elevation of 2,500 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 39.05806, -122.47222
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Elgin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elgin
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Colusa
District: Wilbur Springs
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. S. Norman
Production
Year: 1939
Time Period: To 1939
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^8 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1929
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: LEDGE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Opalization Of Serpentine
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Sulfur
Gangue: Opal
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: IN AN AREA OF HOT SPRING ACTIVITY
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: IDLE SINCE 1929
Comment (Commodity): GENERAL GRADE OF DEPOSIT IS LOW
Comment (Workings): A COUPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE AT PRODUCING SULFUR
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1929, MINING IN CALIFORNIA, COLUSA COUNTY: REPT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 25, P. 295 - 299
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
Reference (Production): BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
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