Mine detail: Aetna

Previously called 'Aetna ConsolidatedPope Valley'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.65738, -122.50329

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1854

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Franciscan Complex
Host type:Serpentinite,Shale,Sandstone
Associated type:Basalt
Structure:Nw Trending Mayacmas Anticline, Fractures And Lithologic Contacts
Tectonic:Franciscan Melange
Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055653
DEP10040782
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: YATES, R. G. AND HILPERT, L. S., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN MAYACMAS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 231 - 286}{Deposit:: RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486}{Deposit:: 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 6) DAVIS, F.F., 1948, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAPA COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 44, P. 413-414}{Deposit:: 7) ROSS, C.P., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAYACMAS AND SULFUR BANK DISTRICTS, CALIF.: USGS BULL. 922-L, P. 327-353}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.