Description
Two Mexican Prospectors
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
SecondaryMagnesium Compounds, Chromium, Gemstone
Deposit
Deposit typeVEINS, STOCKWORKS, DISSEMINATIONS
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlFRACTURING OF SEDIMENTS, ALTERATION IN SERPENTINE AND PANOCHE FORMATION.
Geology
StructureCOALINGA ANTICLINE - A NW EXTENSION OF ONE OF THE FOLDS IN THE REGION, SERIES OF ANTICLINES AND SYNCLINES TRENDING N 70 W
AlterationSILICA CARBONATE ALTERATION OF SERPENTINE, INDURATION OF PANOCHE
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1854
Discovery year1853
Identification
Deposit ID60000986
MRDS IDM055815
Alternate namesNew Idria District Report, Archer Mine, Aurora Mine, New Idria Mine, Molino Mine, San Carlos Mine, Sulphur Spring and Sulphur Creek, Del Mexico, Anita (aka Chiquita, Rita), Breen, Florence Mac (Florence Mack), New Tirado, Alpine, Picacho, Flint Group, Wonder Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates36.35495, -120.65629
References
ECKEL, E.B. AND MYERS, W.B., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT, SAN BENITO AND FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, no. 2, P. 81-124.AVERILL, C. V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, no. 1, P. 41-60.BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILESHOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA; IN USBM IC 8252