Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlBrecciation Of Serpentine
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueLimonite
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureLocal Fault
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1915, 1933
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10040890
MRDS IDM055771
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.57302, -120.95098
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 - 580BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.