Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPOCKETS
Ore controlOpalized, Brecciated Serpentine
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueOpal
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
StructureSerpentine - Shale Contact
AlterationOpalized Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1874 - 1877, 1932, 1936 - 1937, 1942 - 1943
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10040766
MRDS IDM055635
Alternate namesBuckeye
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.02905, -122.42857
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESBRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL 78, 389 P.LOGAN, C.A., 1929, MINING IN CALIFORNIA, COLUSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: REPT. OF STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 25, P. 295-2995) RANSOME, A.L., AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558USBM DATA