Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlContact Of Serpentine And Sandstone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueClay
Geology
StructureSerpentine - Sandstone Contact
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1918
Identification
Deposit ID10040738
MRDS IDM055601
Alternate namesJames Ranch
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.17798, -121.88659
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.DAVIS, F.F. AND JENNING, C.W., 1954, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 50, P. 342-354FRANKE, H.A., 1930, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, MINING IN CALIFORNIA: REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 26, P. 26-33