Commodities
PrimarySulfur, Mercury
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPIPES
Ore controlIntersections Of Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueOpal, Pyrite, Quartz, Sulfur
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Andesite · Franciscan Complex;Cache Lake
StructureFault Control, Faults Trending E, Dip S, And Trend Nw, Dip Steeply
AlterationHydrothermal Bleaching - Solfataric Action
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1874-1896, 1899, 1902, 1915-1919, 1927-1948
First production1873
Discovery year1865
Identification
Deposit ID10040771
MRDS IDM055641
Alternate namesClear Lake-Sulphur BankSulphur Bank
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.00389, -122.66472
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.EVERHART, D. L., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS AT THE SULPHUR BANK MINE, LAKE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 125-153.BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESAVERILL, C. V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, , no. 1, P. 25-38.BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558.USBM DATA