Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlAltered Serpentine And Local Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueOpal
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
StructureLocal Fractures
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10040799
MRDS IDM055673
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.69682, -122.5919
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 MAYACMAS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 231 - 286AVERILL, C.V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, P. 15-38