Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueGypsum
Geology
Host rockSandstone
StructureLocal Fracturing
AlterationInduration Of Panoche
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10103830
MRDS IDM055823
Alternate namesWild Turkey, Toothache, Juniper, Jupiter
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.55966, -120.84099
References
BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILESAVERILL, C. V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 41 - 60HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252USBM DATA