Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFault Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSiltstone
StructureLocal Fracturing
AlterationHydrothermal Alteration Of Sediments
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1933 - 1937, 1939, 1941 - 1942
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10040791
MRDS IDM055662
Alternate namesToyon, Switzer
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.6746, -122.50607
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 OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-5581955 DIREXPL DMEA , FOUND MINERALIZATION BUT OF UNECONOMIC GRADUSBM DATA