Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFractures
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Stibnite
Geology
Host rockBasalt
Associated rockBasalt
StructureParallel Fractures
AlterationKaolinization Of The Basalt
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production yearsPRE 1919, 1920 - 1922, 1924, 1927 - 1945, 1947
First production1876
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10106914
MRDS IDM055751
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.91715, -121.21934
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY, E.H. AND MYERS, W.B., 1942, QUICKSILVER AND ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF THE STAYTON DISTRICT, CALIF.: USGS BULL. 931-Q, P. 405-434BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.5) LEITH, C.J., 1949, GEOLOGY OF THE QUIEN SABE QUADRANGLE, CALIF.: CDM BULL. 147, P. 33-346) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558USBM DATA