Mine detail: White Elephant

Previously called 'King of AllTrejonCinnabar QueenEagle Bird'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.85266, -122.6594

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1918

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite
Alteration processes:Silicification Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055643
DEP10040773
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: FORSTNER, W., 1908, THE QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU BULL. 27, P. 46 - 72}{Deposit:: RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558}{Production:: HOLMES, 1965}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.