California · Merced County
Past Producer

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Merced County, California, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlBrecciation
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueBarite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockBasalt
Associated rockBasalt
AlterationKaolinization Of The Basalt
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10040874
MRDS IDM055752
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.9191, -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. 33-34HOLMES, 1965