Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPOCKETS
Ore controlBreccia Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock
StructureLocal Fracture Zones
AlterationKaolinization Of Sediments
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1900 - 1903, 1929 - 1930, 1935, 1938 - 1948
Discovery year1874
Identification
Deposit ID10040889
MRDS IDM055769
Alternate namesBuena Vista, Gould
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.62329, -120.89848
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESECKEL, 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 - 580BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.5) FRANKE, H.A., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 31, P. 434-4556) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-4861956 DIREXPL DMEA LED TO DISCOVERY OF A NEW MINERALIZED ZONUSBM DATA