Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFractures, Lithologic Contacts
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite,Shale,Sandstone · Franciscan Complex
Associated rockBasalt
StructureFractures And Lithologic Contacts, Nw Trending Mayacmas Anticline
Tectonic settingFranciscan Melange
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1854
Identification
Deposit ID10040782
MRDS IDM055653
Alternate namesAetna Quick Silver Mines, Aetna Quicksilver Mines Consolidated, Aetna Quick Silver Mines Consolidated, Pope Valley, Aetna Consolidated
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.65611, -122.48806
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESYATES, R. G. AND HILPERT, L. S., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN MAYACMAS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, no. 3, P. 231 - 286RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.DAVIS, F.F., 1948, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAPA COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 44, no. 2, P. 177, 413-414ROSS, C.P., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAYACMAS AND SULFUR BANK DISTRICTS, CALIF.: USGS BULL. 922-L, P. 327-353CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, CENTRAL VALLEY, INACTIVE MINE DRAINAGE IN THE SACROMENTO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, STAFF REPORT, JULY 92, P. 72.USBM DATA