Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFault Gouge
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueChalcedony, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
StructureFault Strinking N 55 - 65 E
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1870 - 1880
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10103819
MRDS IDM055747
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.96299, -121.24573
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY, E. H. AND MYERS, W. B., 1949, QUICKSILVER AND ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF THE STAYTON DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 147, P. 37 - 56BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.5) FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 270 P.6) LEITH, C.J., 1949, GEOLOGY OF THE QUIEN SABE QUADRANGLE, CALIF.: CDM BULL. 147, P. 33-34USBM DATA