Mine detail: Red Elephant

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Location

Lat / long:

38.8346, -122.40413

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1898

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1929 - 1931, 1934 - 1935, 1942
First production started:	1929

Geology

Host type:	Serpentinite
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Local Shear
Alteration processes:	Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDS	M055649
DEP	10040779
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, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 41, P. 65-89}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 5) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558}{Production:: USBM DATA}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.