Mine detail: Harrison

Previously called 'New EnglandGrizzlyJanuaryRuby'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.85127, -122.37495

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite, Magnetite, Picotite, Pyrite, Sulfur
Discovery year: 1868

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1917 - 1918, 1937 - 1945
First production started: 1917

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite
Structure:Serpentine - Knoxville Fault Contact
Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055645
DEP10040775
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: AVERITT, P., 1945, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE KNOXVILLE DISTRICT, NAPA, YOLO, AND LAKE COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 41, P. 65 - 89}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 5) FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 270 P.}{Deposit:: 6) *RIEN, J.C., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF YOLO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CJMG, V. 46, P. 459-460}{Deposit:: 7) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIS: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486}{Deposit:: 1957 DIREXPL DMEA , FOUND MINERALIZATION BUT IT WAS UNECONOMICA}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.