Mine detail: Bernard Property

Previously called 'AmadorAmador Quicksilver Mine.Bernard Cinnabar Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.58184, -120.8813

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1860

Geology

Host type:Quartzite

References

MRDSM055517
DEP10040662
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 78.}{Deposit:: AUBURY, L. E., 1903, THE QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27.}{Deposit:: 5) CLARK, W.B. AND CARLSON, D.W., 1956 MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 52, P. 438}{Deposit:: 6) LOGAN, C.A., 1926, DISTRICT REPORT, EL DORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 22, P. 445}
ReporterGassaway, J. S.