Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Geology
Host rockSandstone
StructureShears In Franciscan
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1940 - 1944, 1954
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10040932
MRDS IDM055825
Alternate namesPico Rico
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.64022, -120.93767
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