Mine detail: Aetna

Previously called 'Aetna ConsolidatedPope Valley'

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Location: Napa County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.65738, -122.50329
dep_id: 10040782
mrds_id: M055653
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Cinnabar
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
conc_proc: Open Space Filling And Replacement By Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Fractures, Lithologic Contacts
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Franciscan Complex
hrock_type: Serpentinite,Shale,Sandstone
arock_type: Basalt
Structure: Nw Trending Mayacmas Anticline, Fractures And Lithologic Contacts
tectonic: Franciscan Melange
disc_yr: 1854
discr: Lawley
References:
  • 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
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