Elgin

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

Name: Elgin  

State:  California

County:  Colusa

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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