Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore control"Altered Serpentine And Fault Zone"
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite · Franciscan Complex
Structure"Serpentine - Sediment Contact"
Alteration"Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1873 - 1880, 1914 - 1917, 1931 - 1932, 1939 - 1948
First production1871
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10103813
MRDS IDM055650
Alternate namesCalifornia, Reed, Royal, Soda Springs
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.8649, -122.37164
References
{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: AVERITT, P., 1945, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE KNOXVILLE DISTRICT, NAPA, YOLO, AND LAKE COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 41, P. 65-89, pl. 6.}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: O'BRIEN, J.C., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF YOLO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 46, P. 432-434.}{Deposit:: Ransome A.L., and Kellogg, J.L., 1939, Quicksilver resources of California: California Journal of Mines & Geology, v. 35, no. 4, p. 353-486.}