Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlSerpentine Contact, "Hilos"
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
GangueDolomite
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite · Franciscan Complex
StructureSerpentine - Greenstone Contact
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1893
Identification
Deposit ID10040744
MRDS IDM055607
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.17714, -121.84047
References
BAILEY, E. H., AND EVERHART, D. L., 1964, GEOLOGY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW ALMADEN DISTRICT, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS PROF. PAPER 360, 206 PBAILEY AND EVERHART 1964