Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlAltered Serpentine And Thrust
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueDolomite, Limonite, Marcasite, Opal, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
Associated rockVolcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
StructureLocal Thrust, Shearing Of Serpentine
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1896 - 1905, 1911, 1916, 1940 - 1944
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10040790
MRDS IDM055661
Alternate namesVallejo
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.67016, -122.54218
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 MAYACMOS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 231 - 286DAVIS, F. F., 1948, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAPA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 44, P. 159 - 1885) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.6) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558USBM DATA