Mine detail: Lucitta

Previously called 'KonoktiUncle SamBell'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.95655, -122.75802

Resource(B)

Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Kaolin
Ore: Cinnabar, Kaolinite
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1880 - ?, 1902, 1929, 1932

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Associated type:Andesite
Alteration processes:Kaolinization, Solfataric Action

References

MRDSM055639
DEP10040769
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 78, P. 52 - 70}{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:: 5) FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 270 P.}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.