Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENS
Ore controlFault Zones Intersecting New Idria Thrust
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone · Panoche Formation
StructureN 70 W Coalinga Anticline New Idria Thrust Fault, Coalinga Anticline, New Idria Thrust Fault
AlterationModerately Argillized And Indurated Panoche
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1858
Identification
Deposit ID10040905
MRDS IDM055790
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.39272, -120.65877
References
ECKEL, E. B. AND MYERS, W. B., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT SAN BENITO AND FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 81 - 124BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILES