California · San Bernardino County
Occurrence

Idria Quicksilver Group

San Bernardino County, California, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlBreccia Recemented By Hot Springs Deposits
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony
Geology
Host rockHornblendite
AlterationChalcedonic
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10040683
MRDS IDM055541
Alternate namesTurtle Dove, Mercury
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates34.85724, -115.05304
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: CJMG VOL. 27, NO. 3.BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 78.