Mine detail: Wright

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Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.13742, -121.76685
dep_id: 10040759
mrds_id: M055626
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
orebody_fm: POD
alteration: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions Causing Replacement
ore_ctrl: Silica - Carbonate Rock
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Serpentinite
Structure: Local Fractures
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1903
References:
  • 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
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