Mine detail: Paramount Mine

Previously called 'Paramount Quicksilver Inc.'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.27825, -119.06097

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR//BLANKET

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Silicification And Soil Formation

References

MRDS	M055514
DEP	10040660
Reference	{Deposit:: HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA, USBM IC 825}{Production:: USBM DATA}
Reporter	Gassaway, J. S.