Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlLocal Fractures
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite · Franciscan Complex
StructureSerpentine - Sediment Contact, Local Anticline
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1871 - 1874, 1891 - 1895, 1902 - 1906
Identification
Deposit ID10040746
MRDS IDM055610
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.17936, -121.8427
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