Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formLENS
Ore controlLocal Faulting Trending Ne, Dipping Se
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
GangueCalcite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
StructurePanoche-Serpentine Contact
AlterationInduration Of Panoche Sediments
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1951 - 1956, 1960 - 1961
Discovery year1905
Identification
Deposit ID10040922
MRDS IDM055812
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.30745, -120.55765
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 - 124BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILESHOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.5) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-5586) LOGAN, C.A., BRAUN, L.T., AND VERNON, J.W., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FRESNO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 47, P. 510-511USBM DATA