Lat / long: | 38.8346, -122.40413 |
Primary: | Mercury |
Ore: | Cinnabar, Mercury |
Gangue: | Calcite, Dolomite, Marcasite, Pyrite |
Discovery year: | 1898 |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Past Producer |
Production years: | 1929 - 1931, 1934 - 1935, 1942 |
First production started: | 1929 |
Host type: | Serpentinite |
Associated type: | Basalt |
Structure: | Local Shear |
Alteration processes: | Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine |
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. |