Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR ()
Ore controlBrecciated Zone And 2 Nw Trending Fault Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
GangueDolomite, Quartz
Geology
StructureBrecciation Of Sandstone, Serpentine - Sediment Contact
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1916 - 1917, 1940 , 1955-1956
First production1916
Discovery year1873
Identification
Deposit ID10040786
MRDS IDM055657
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.76266, -122.71079
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, P. 231 - 286RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486.5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OFCALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.