Mine detail: Wright

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.13742, -121.76685

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: POD
Discovery year: 1903

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite
Structure:Local Fractures
Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055626
DEP10040759
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.