Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlBrecciation
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock
Associated rockBasalt
AlterationKaolinized Basalt
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1930 - 1939
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID10040792
MRDS IDM055664
Alternate namesPatten, Mt. St. Helena
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.67071, -122.51274
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 - 286DAVIS, F.F., 1948, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAPA COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 44, P. 413-4145) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORMIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558USBM DATA