Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPODS AND POCKETS
Ore controlThrusts In Franciscan
Geology
Host rockSandstone
StructureThrusts In Franciscan And Brecciation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1938 - 1945, 1951 - 1957
Discovery year1938
Identification
Deposit ID10040931
MRDS IDM055824
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.63494, -120.91933
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 8252YATES, R.G. AND HILPERT, L.S., 1945, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL SAN BENITO AND NORTHWESTERN FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 41, P. 11-35USBM DATA