Description
Mexican Miners
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone
StructureNw Fault
AlterationSilicification, Argillic
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1908, 1912-1918, 1929-1935, 1937-1938, 1940-1943
Discovery year1860
Identification
Deposit ID10040635
MRDS IDM055486
Alternate namesAnd 3, Croxon, Little Mercy, Linda Vista, Little Panoche, Mercury Mine, Buena Vista 1, Gabilan, Stevenson, Providential GroupMercy, Mercey Mine, Arambide MineProvidential, Aurecoechea., Albiero
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.74688, -120.90072
References
HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA, USBM IC 8252HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.INTFEN, S. K., AND DAVIS, F. F., 1972, DIRECTORY OF MINERAL PRODUCERS IN CALIFORNIA FOR 1970: CDMG PAMPHLET, 50 P.LOGAN, C. A., ET. AL., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FRESNO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CJMG V. 47 NO. 3.5) BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 78.6) AUBURY, L. E., 1903, THE QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27.7) MINERALS YEARBOOKS, 1959-1973, USBMUSBM DATA