Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFaults And Brecciation
Geology
Host rockSandstone
Associated rockBasalt
StructureFaults
AlterationKaolinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1918 - 1920, 1928 - 1933, 1940, 1945
Discovery year1859
Identification
Deposit ID10040785
MRDS IDM055656
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.77071, -122.70413
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 MACAYAMAS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 231 - 286BAILEY, U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILESAVERILL, C. V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 25 - 38