Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
StructureNone Apparent
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1850 - 1874, 1884 - 1893
Discovery year1855
Identification
Deposit ID10103809
MRDS IDM055615
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.17659, -121.8477
References
BAILEY, E. H. AND EVERHART, D. L., 1964, GEOLOGY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW ALMADEN DISTRICT, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS PROF. PAPER 360, 206 PBAILEY AND EVERHART, 1964