Mine detail: Sunny Brook Prospect

Previously called 'Diamond Creek Cinnabar Co.SunnybrookRiamond CreekRockland'

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Location: Del Norte County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.96982, -123.91644
dep_id: 10040653
mrds_id: M055507
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Mercury
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: DISSEMINATED, FRACTURE COATINGS, VEINS AND FISSURE FILLINGS
model: 179: Silica-carbonate Hg
Reporter: Gassaway, J. S., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Peridotite
arock_type: Hornblendite
tectonic: Klamath Mountains
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1850
prod_yrs: 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. 170, 198.
  • Deposit:: *RIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, P. 309.
  • Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 78, P. 41.
  • Deposit:: AUBURY, L.E., 1908, THE QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 27, P. 195.
  • Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA
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