Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model179: Silica-carbonate Hg
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, PIPES, PODS
Ore controlFracturing In Brecciated Sandstone, Intersection Of Dikes And Faults, Lithologic Contacts
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Metacinnabar
GangueMarcasite, Opal, Sulfur
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite · Franciscan Complex
StructureContacts, Faults, Fault Intersections , Brecciation Of Serpentine
AlterationOpalization Of Serpentine , Chloritization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1870-1879, 1889-1906, 1916-1919, 1927, 1937-1946
First production1870
Discovery year1862
Identification
Deposit ID10106913
MRDS IDM055629
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.02056, -122.44389
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESFORSTNER, W., 1908 THE QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. STATE MIN. BUREAU BULL. 27, 270 P.AVERILL, C.V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, P. 15-38BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558WIEBELT, F.J., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF THE ABBOTT MINE, LAKE COUNTY, CALIF.: USBM RI 45581948 DIREXPL USBM FAVORABLE1951 DIREXPL DMEA1960 DIREXPL OMEMIS V 7 NO 10 [copied from deleted record 10138907]V 10 NO 2, 1957, P 10 [copied from deleted record 10138907]CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, CENTRAL VALLEY REGION, INACTIVE MINE DRAINAGE IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, SATAFF REPORT, 1992, P 71.USBM DATA