California · San Benito County
Occurrence

Cerro Gordo

San Benito County, California, United States
Mercury
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Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
Geology
StructureSerpentine - Sandstone Contact
AlterationSilicified Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10040928
MRDS IDM055819
Alternate namesBradford
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.56272, -121.09822
References
AVERILL, C. V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 41 - 62HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA, USBM IC 8252BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 270 P.5) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35 P. 353-4866) YATES, R.G. AND HILPERT, L.S., 1945, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL SAN BENITO AND NORTHWESTERN FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 41, P. 11-35USBM UNPUB DATA