Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlBrecciation
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueKaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite,Chert · Franciscan Complex
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1900 - 1905, 1908, 1911 - 1917, 1919, 1930 - 1934, 1937 - 1939, 1941 - 1942
Discovery year1862
Identification
Deposit ID10040884
MRDS IDM055763
Alternate namesAlice, Modoc, Josephine, Tartaglia, George
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.58718, -120.91709
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252ECKEL, E. B., YATES, R. G., AND GRANGER, A. E., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS BULL. 922 - R, P. 515 - 580BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESFRANKE, H.A., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 31, P. 434-4555) 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. 353-486USBM DATA