| Location: | Lake County, California, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 39.00377, -122.66579 |
| dep_id: | 10040771 |
| mrds_id: | M055641 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Mercury, Sulfur |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Cinnabar |
| gangue: | Opal, Pyrite, Quartz, Sulfur |
| orebody_fm: | PIPES |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Hydrothermal Bleaching - Solfataric Action |
| conc_proc: | Hydrothermal Solutions |
| ore_ctrl: | Intersections Of Faults |
| Reporter: | Peterson, Jocelyn A. |
| hrock_unit: | Franciscan Complex;Cache Lake |
| hrock_type: | Shale,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Andesite |
| Structure: | Faults Trending E, Dip S, And Trend Nw, Dip Steeply, Fault Control |
| Year first produced: | 1873 |
| disc_yr: | 1865 |
| prod_yrs: | 1874-1896, 1899, 1902, 1915-1919, 1927-1948 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
- Deposit:: EVERHART, D. L., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS AT THE SULPHUR BANK MINE, LAKE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 125 - 153
- Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
- Deposit:: AVERILL, C. V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 25 - 38
- Deposit:: 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
- Deposit:: 6) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558
- Production:: USBM DATA
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