Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLEDGE
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1876 - 1879
Discovery year1859
Identification
Deposit ID10103817
MRDS IDM055678
Alternate namesBarnum
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates38.73016, -122.71079
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN 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 - 286BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.USBM DATA