California · Modoc County
Occurrence
Brown Prospect
Modoc County, California, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
Primary
Mercury
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Model
177: Hot-spring Hg
Deposit size
N
Orebody form
DISSEMINATED
Materials
Ore minerals
Cinnabar
Geology
Host rock
Tuff
Tectonic setting
Basin And Range
Alteration
Silicification (Opalite)
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10040712
MRDS ID
M055571
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
41.24486, -120.36883
References
HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 172, 199