Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlLocal Fractures Trending N
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite · Franciscan Complex
StructureSerpentine - Sediment Contact
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1871
Identification
Deposit ID10103808
MRDS IDM055612
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.17909, -121.8477
References
BAILEY, E. H., AND EVERHART, D. L., 1964, GEOLOGY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW ALMADEN DISTRICT, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 360, 206 P