Mine detail: Santa Teresa

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.22075, -121.81409

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1903

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1903

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite
Structure:Serpentine - Sandstone Contact
Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055624
DEP10040757
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H. AND EVERHART, D. L., 1964, GEOLOGY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW ALMADEN DISTRICT, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGSPROF. PAPER 360, 206 P.}{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:: 5) FRANKE, H.A., 1930, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, MINING IN CALIFORNIA: REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 26, P. 26-33}{Production:: BAILEY AND EVERHART, 1964}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.