Mine detail: Red Hawk Mine

Previously called 'Modoc Cinnabar Group'

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Location: Modoc County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.90236, -120.30356
dep_id: 10040630
mrds_id: M055480
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Hematite, Nontronite, Quartz
orebody_fm: FISSURE AND CROSS FRACTURE FILLING
model: 177: Hot-spring Hg
alteration: Silicification
Reporter: Gassaway, J. S., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Warner Mountains, Fractures
tectonic: Basin And Range
disc_yr: 1917
References:
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 172-173, 199.
  • Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 78, P. 29-30.
  • Deposit:: ROSS, C.P., 194, SOME QUICKSILVER PROSPECTS IN ADJACENT PARTS OF NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 931-B, P. 72.
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