Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLEDGE
Ore controlSilicified Zone In Serpentine
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueOpal, Sulfur
Geology
Host rockShale
AlterationOpalization Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1908 - 1909, 1916
Discovery year1929
Identification
Deposit ID10103811
MRDS IDM055631
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.05794, -122.47329
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESLOGAN, C. A., 1929, MINING IN CALIFORNIA, COLUSA COUNTY: REPT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 25, P. 295 - 299BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES