Description
Mexican Prospectors
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, IRREGULAR
Ore controlNew Idria Thrust Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone · Panoche Formation
StructureN 70 W Coalinga Anticline New Idria Thrust., New Idria Thrust Fault And Other Localized Faults
AlterationInduration Of Sandstone And Shale
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1858 - 1920, 1923 - 1949, 1951 - 1962
First production1854
Discovery year1853
Identification
Deposit ID10040908
MRDS IDM055793
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.41438, -120.6746
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, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 41 - 60HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 82525) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.6) FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 270 P.7) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-4861941 DIREXPL WITH HELP FROM USBM, GOT GOOD INFORMATION ON ORE STRUCTURES1952 DIREXPL DMEA EXPLORED WEST IDRIA AREA1955 DIREXPL DMEA EXPLORED MOLINO ZONE1957 DIREXPL DMEA EXPLORED SULFUR SPRINGS AREAUSBM DATA