Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model179: Silica-carbonate Hg
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formFRACTURE COATINGS, DISSEMINATED, VEIN
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Gold
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGreenstone
Associated rockLamprophyre
Tectonic settingKlamath Mountains
AlterationDike Is Chloritized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1956
Identification
Deposit ID10034200
MRDS IDM020924
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.06456, -122.67333
References
BROWN, G.C., 1916, TRINITY COUNTY, IN 14TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 879.O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 4, P. 21, 61, 120.AVERILL, C.V., 1931, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SHASTA QUADRANGLE, IN 27TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 32.MACDONALD, D.F., 1913, NOTES ON THE GOLD LODES OF THE CARRVILLE DISTRICT, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 530, P. 29-30.O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965 , P. 21