Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Gold
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock
StructureLocal Faulting And Fracturing
AlterationSilicified Zone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1902 - 1909, 1911, 1917, 1929 - 1934
Discovery year1863
Identification
Deposit ID10040763
MRDS IDM055632
Alternate namesCherry Hill
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.03238, -122.43413
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252BAILEY, U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILESRANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CAL. STATE MIN. BUREAU BULL. 27, 270 P.5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.USBM DATA