Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENS
Ore controlFaults And Cross Fractures, Fault Gouge
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite · Franciscan Complex
StructureLocal Faults And Cross Fractures, Franciscan-Knoxville Contact
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1917 - 1918, 1939 - 1944
First production1939
Discovery year1908
Identification
Deposit ID10040879
MRDS IDM055758
Alternate namesFalcon, Santa Ynez, Mc Avoy - Millburn
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.52361, -119.65761
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESBRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-4865) TUCKER, W.B., 1925, MINING IN CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 21, P. 542-544USBM DATA