Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
GangueCalcite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite,Sandstone · Franciscan Complex
Associated rockDiabase
StructureOcenaic Fault
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1875 - 1879, 1901 - 1905, 1907 - 1920, 1927 - 1932, 1934 - 1938, 1940 - 1946
First production1875
Discovery year1865
Identification
Deposit ID10040891
MRDS IDM055772
Alternate namesOceanic
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.58529, -121.00086
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. 515-580.RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353-486.BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.FRANKE, H.A., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 31, P. 434-455.FROLLI, A.W., 1937, MINING AND REDUCTION METHODS AND COSTS AT THE OCEANIC QUICKSILVER MINE, CAMBRIA, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALIF.: USBM IC 6950, 13 P.CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, CENTRAL COAST REGION. SURFACE WATER DEGRADATION BY INACTIVE METAL MINES IN NORTHWEST SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CA, DECEMBER 1993 (P. 10-11).CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 4, 1884, P. 337.