Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GanguePyrite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1860
Identification
Deposit ID10040662
MRDS IDM055517
Alternate namesAmador, Amador Quicksilver Mine., Bernard Cinnabar Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.58184, -120.8813
References
BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 78.AUBURY, L. E., 1903, THE QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27.5) CLARK, W.B. AND CARLSON, D.W., 1956 MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 52, P. 4386) LOGAN, C.A., 1926, DISTRICT REPORT, EL DORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 22, P. 445