Mine detail: Silver Creek

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Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.26714, -121.74964
dep_id: 10040761
mrds_id: M055628
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
conc_proc: Replacement By Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Serpentine - Sediment Contact
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
Structure: Serpentine Sediment Contact , Nw Trending Fault Zone
disc_yr: 1895
prod_yrs: 1893 - 1904, 1928 - 1943 (INTERMITTENT)
References:
  • 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
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