Mine detail: Knoxville

Previously called 'New EnglandExcelsiorReddingtonBoston'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.82516, -122.33995

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1862

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1862 - 1917, 1922, 1927 - 1936, 1940 - 1948

Geology

Host rock:Franciscan Complex
Host type:Serpentinite
Structure:Serpentine - Sediment Contact, Knoxville Thrust
Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055646
DEP10040776
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) DAVIS F.F., 1948, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAPA COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 44, P. 176-183}{Deposit:: 6) FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 270 P.}{Deposit:: 7) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.