Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryKaolin
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Kaolinite
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
AlterationKaolinization, Solfataric Action
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1880 - ?, 1902, 1929, 1932
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10040769
MRDS IDM055639
Alternate namesKonokti, Uncle Sam, Bell
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.95655, -122.75802
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: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 78, P. 52 - 70RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 4865) FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 270 P.USBM DATA