Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockShale
StructureSerpentine And Shale Contact With Overlying Sandstone
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1870 - 1933 (INTERMITTENT), 1955 - 1956
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10103812
MRDS IDM055637
Alternate namesFuqua
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.88766, -122.52968
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 78, P. 52 - 70BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESRANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558USBM DATA