The Central and Empire Group is a mercury mine located in Colusa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Central and Empire Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Central and Empire Group
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Colusa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. W. Cuthbert
Years: 1939 -
Owner Name: H. M. Newhall And Co.
Years: 1929 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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 (Production): PRODUCTION WAS FROM THE THREE CENTRAL CLAIMS, AND REPORTED TO BE MORE THAN $10,000 IN 1926. IDLE AND DESERTED IN MAY, 1927.
Comment (Workings): IRREGULAR WORKINGS (GOPHERING); CROSSCUT, DRIFTS; SHAFTS, SHORT ADITS.
Comment (Deposit): WILBUR HILL HG PROSPECT ALSO IN THIS SEC. - USBM IC 825 P. 182. SIX CLAIMS COMPRISING 70 ACRES IN ALL. THE RICH SEAMS OF CINNABAR CUT IN ALL DIRECTIONS THROUGH THE SERPENTINE WHICH HAD BEEN ALTERED AND MINERALIZED BY HOT WATER.
References
Reference (Deposit): REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXV, PP. 295-6
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 35, NO. 4, OCT. 1939, PP. 371-2
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