Mine detail: Overland Claims

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Location

Lat / long:

40.97567, -123.24306

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR POCKETS
Discovery year:	1918

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Serpentinite
Tectonic:	Klamath Mountains

References

MRDS	M055539
DEP	10040681
Reference	{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.}{Deposit:: *RIEN, J.C., 1965, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 4, P. 121.}
Reporter	Gassaway, J. S., Peterson, Jocelyn A.