Mine detail: Rattlesnake Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.90385, -120.28569

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite
Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055533
DEP10040676
Reference{Deposit:: HART, E. W., 1966, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CDMG COUNTY REPORT 6.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W. JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955 - 1961: VOL III; SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S.