Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENS
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
Geology
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1911 - 1914, 1916 - 1917, 1928, 1932 - 1936, 1938 - 1939
Discovery year1910
Identification
Deposit ID10040919
MRDS IDM055806
Alternate namesEsmeralda, Black Hawk
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.3655, -120.72349
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 FILESHOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252AVERILL, C.V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, P. 41-605) 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