Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlBrecciation
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Stibnite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockBasalt
Associated rockBasalt
AlterationSilicification Of Breccia Zone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsPRE 1919
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10040871
MRDS IDM055748
Alternate namesWoody Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.92326, -121.22018
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252BAILEY, E. H. AND MYERS, W. B., 1949, QUICKSILVER AND ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF THE STAYTON DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 147, P. 37 - 56LEITH, C.J., 1949, GEOLOGY OF THE QUIEN SABE QUADRANGLE, CALIF.: CDM BULL. 147, P. 33-34BAILEY AND MYERS, 1949