Mine detail: Harrison

Previously called 'New EnglandGrizzlyJanuaryRuby'

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Location: Yolo County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.85127, -122.37495
dep_id: 10040775
mrds_id: M055645
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Calcite, Magnetite, Picotite, Pyrite, Sulfur
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Broad Nw Trending Fault Zone
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Serpentinite
Structure: Serpentine - Knoxville Fault Contact
Year first produced: 1917
disc_yr: 1868
prod_yrs: 1917 - 1918, 1937 - 1945
References:
  • 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
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