Mine detail: Silver Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.26714, -121.74964

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1895

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1893 - 1904, 1928 - 1943 (INTERMITTENT)

Geology

Structure:Serpentine Sediment Contact , Nw Trending Fault Zone
Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055628
DEP10040761
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 5) DAVIS, F.F. AND JENNING, C.W., 1954, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 50, P. 342-354}{Deposit:: 6) FRANKE, H.A., 1930, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, MINING IN CALIFORNIA: REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 26, P. 26-33}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.