Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formIRREGULAR MASSES
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockCarbonate · Sedimentary Rocks
Associated rockSerpentinite,Andesite · Andesite Dikes;Serpentine
StructureThrust Fault, Breccia Zone
AlterationSilica - Carbonate From Andesite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1916 - 1918, 1928 - 1930
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10040640
MRDS IDM055492
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.11351, -122.16299
References
BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1927, SOLANO COUNTY: CJMG V. 23 NO. 2.BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 78.USBM DATA