Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlSilicified Thrust Fault In Franciscan Sediments
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone
StructureLocal Faults
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1935 - 1943, 1946 - 1947, 1951 - 1952
Discovery year1935
Identification
Deposit ID10040934
MRDS IDM055828
Alternate namesPanoche
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.63438, -120.91294
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 8252RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-4865) 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 DATA