Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlBroad Nw Trending Fault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Magnetite, Picotite, Pyrite, Sulfur
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
StructureSerpentine - Knoxville Fault Contact
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1917 - 1918, 1937 - 1945
First production1917
Discovery year1868
Identification
Deposit ID10040775
MRDS IDM055645
Alternate namesNew England, Grizzly, January, Ruby
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.85127, -122.37495
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESAVERITT, P., 1945, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE KNOXVILLE DISTRICT, NAPA, YOLO, AND LAKE COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 41, P. 65 - 89BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.5) FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 270 P.6) O'BRIEN, J.C., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF YOLO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CJMG, V. 46, P. 459-4607) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIS: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-4861957 DIREXPL DMEA , FOUND MINERALIZATION BUT IT WAS UNECONOMICAUSBM DATA