Mine detail: Brainard

Previously called 'James Ranch'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long: 37.17798, -121.88659

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Clay
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1918

Production

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

Geology

Structure:Serpentine - Sandstone Contact

References

MRDSM055601
DEP10040738
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: DAVIS, F.F. AND JENNING, C.W., 1954, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 50, P. 342-354}{Deposit:: FRANKE, H.A., 1930, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, MINING IN CALIFORNIA: REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 26, P. 26-33}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.