Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlBreccia Zone
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10040903
MRDS IDM055787
Alternate namesSanta Maria
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.76162, -121.27432
References
HOLMES, G. W., 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.