Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
StructureSerpentine - Sandstone Contact
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1935 - 1944
Identification
Deposit ID10103816
MRDS IDM055672
Alternate namesOtto
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.70349, -122.61413
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: USBM IC 8252BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESYATES, R. G. AND HILPERT, L. S., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN MAYACMAS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 231 - 286AVERILL, C.V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, P. 15-38USBM DATA