Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Ore control"Local Fractures"
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueDolomite
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite · Franciscan Complex
Structure"Local Fractures"
Alteration"Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1863 - 1909 (INTERMITTENT), 1909 - 1912, 1915 - 1926
Discovery year1863
Identification
Deposit ID10103810
MRDS IDM055621
Alternate namesSenador, 260 Level, 125 Level, 100 Level, Nones Shaft, El Senator prospectSenator
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.20947, -121.8934
References
{Deposit:: 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 P.}{Deposit:: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., V. 50, 1954, P. 372.}