Mine detail: Sulphur Bank

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.00377, -122.66579

Resource(B)

Primary: Mercury, Sulfur
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal, Pyrite, Quartz, Sulfur
Orebody form: PIPES
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1874-1896, 1899, 1902, 1915-1919, 1927-1948
First production started: 1873

Geology

Host rock:Franciscan Complex;Cache Lake
Host type:Shale,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Andesite
Structure:Faults Trending E, Dip S, And Trend Nw, Dip Steeply, Fault Control
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal Bleaching - Solfataric Action

References

MRDSM055641
DEP10040771
Reference{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}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.