Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFaults
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite · Franciscan Complex
StructureSandstone - Serpentine Contact
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1911, 1913 - 1916, 1930 - 1932, 1935 - 1939
Discovery year1860
Identification
Deposit ID10040880
MRDS IDM055759
Alternate namesJuniper, Snow
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates34.53361, -119.68927
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252TUCKER, W. B., 1925, MINING IN CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 21, P. 542 - 544BRADLEY, 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. 353-486USBM DATA