Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlAltered Sediments And Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite,Sandstone
StructureN70w Coalinga Anticline New Idria Thrust Fault, Tear Fault Zone
AlterationInduration Of Panoche Sediments
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1941
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10040907
MRDS IDM055792
Alternate namesMolino
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.39827, -120.66488
References
ECKEL, E. B. AND MYERS, W. B., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT, SAN BENITO AND FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 81 - 124.HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 82521955 DIREXPL DMEA FOUND NO RESERVE