Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlFractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone
StructureFracturing In Sandstone
AlterationKaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1929
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10040784
MRDS IDM055655
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.77849, -122.69468
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252YATES, 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, P. 231 - 286BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESRANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 4865) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.YATES AND HILPERT, 1946