Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model179: Silica-carbonate Hg
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formFRACTURE FILLING (HG), NUGGETS (AU)
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Gold
Geology
Host rockHornblendite
Associated rockGranite
Tectonic settingKlamath Mountains
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1878
Identification
Deposit ID10040644
MRDS IDM055498
Alternate namesMinnehaha and Barsten Lange, Barton - Lange
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.82177, -123.00419
References
BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILESHOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 171, 198.MURDOCK, JOSEPH, AND WEBB, R.W., 1966, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA, CENTENNIAL VOLUME (1866-1966): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 189, P. 150.O'BRIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 460.BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 78, P. 169.