Cowgill Quicksilver

Mercury site, status unknown · Siskiyou County, California

UnknownMercuryUndergroundUSGS MRDS

Section

What kind of site this is
SHAFTORE · MERCURYLEVELSHEADFRAMESECTION · ILLUSTRATIVE

Drawn as an underground mine, reached by a shaft or tunnel and worked along the ore. The ore color stands for mercury. Federal records note the kind of operation and its status, not its depth or layout, so this is a typical example rather than a survey of this site.

Location

StateCalifornia
CountySiskiyou
Coordinates41.96233, -122.87673

Commodities

PrimaryMercury

Mine Details

StatusUnknown
TypeUnderground
Data SourceUSGS MRDS
Source ID10117427
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Ivanhoe Group0.2 miMercuryPast Producer
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Smith Mine2.6 miGoldUnknown
Snowy Ridge Mine2.7 miPast Producer
Unnamed Location near Ashland, OR2.7 miMercuryProducer
Unnamed Location near Ashland, OR2.7 miMercuryProspect
Sterling Mountain Mine2.8 miManganeseOccurrence
Quigley Placer Mine3.0 miGoldUnknown
Sally Ann Chrome3.0 miChromiumPast Producer
Snowy Ridge3.0 miChromiumPast Producer

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