Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlNw Trending - Ne Dipping Fault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
StructureNw Trending - Ne Dipping Fault Zone
AlterationInduration Of Sandstone , Hydrothermal Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1956 - 1957
First production1955
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10040929
MRDS IDM055821
Alternate namesGough, Mathews
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.56688, -120.86738
References
BAILEY, 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 8252USBM DATA