Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlSilica Carbonate Rock, Gouge Along Shear
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
Associated rockBasalt
StructureLocal Shear
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1929 - 1931, 1934 - 1935, 1942
First production1929
Discovery year1898
Identification
Deposit ID10040779
MRDS IDM055649
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.8346, -122.40413
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, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 41, P. 65-89BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.5) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558USBM DATA