Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlFault Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
StructureLocal Faults
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1875 - 1876, 1903 - 1923, 1926
Discovery year1865
Identification
Deposit ID10040813
MRDS IDM055688
Alternate namesNevada, Cincinnati
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.74155, -122.68913
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 - 286AVERILL, C.V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, P. 15-385) 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