Mine detail: Humboldt Almaden

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Location: Humboldt County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.14901, -123.55835
dep_id: 10040645
mrds_id: M055499
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 179: Silica-carbonate Hg
Reporter: Gassaway, J. S., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
arock_type: Plutonic Rock
tectonic: Klamath Mountains
prod_yrs: 1927
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. 175, 199.
  • Production:: USBM DATA
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