Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Pyrite, Stibnite, Sulfur
Geology
Host rockTuff,Basalt
StructureSerpentine - Basalt Contact
AlterationSilicification Of Fault Zones And Tuff, Bleaching And Kaolinization Of Basalt
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1863 - 1877, 1892 - 1905, 1916, 1927, 1932 - 1933, 1936 - 1945
Discovery year1865
Identification
Deposit ID10040777
MRDS IDM055647
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.8421, -122.36606
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 - 87FORSTNER, W., 1908, THE QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. STATE MIN. BUREAU BULL. V. 27, 207 P.5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.6) DAVIS, F.F., 1948, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAPA COUNTY CALIF.: CJMG, V. 44, P. 176-1837) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486USBM DATA