Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlIntense Fracturing Of Host Rocks And Fault Intersections
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueBarite, Dickite, Dolomite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone
StructureLocal Fault Intersections
AlterationCarbonatized Sediments
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1932, 1935 - 1942, 1944
Discovery year1933
Identification
Deposit ID10103820
MRDS IDM055753
Alternate namesCal-Mer, Santa Rosa
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.72416, -119.91151
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252EVERHART, D. L., 1950, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CACHUMA DISTRICT, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 46, P. 509 - 532BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESBRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.5) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486USBM DATA