Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlShear Zones In Serpentine Containing Silica - Carbonate Rock
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite · Franciscan Jur Serpentine And Sandstone;Panoche Upper Cret Sandstone And Shale
StructureN 70 W Coalinga Anticline, New Idria Thrust, Fault Striking N 45 W
AlterationSilica - Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1853 - 1911, 1915, 1917, 1930 - 1943, 1950 - 1961
Discovery year1853
Identification
Deposit ID10040906
MRDS IDM055791
Alternate namesMorning Star
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.39494, -120.67405
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 FILESAVERILL, C.V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, P. 41-60HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: USBM IC 82525) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.6) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486USBM DATA