Mine detail: Aetna Extension

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.66599, -122.51051

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1895

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Sandstone
Associated type:Basalt
Structure:Contact With Basalt Dike Local Fractures

References

MRDSM055654
DEP10040783
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: DAVIS, F.F., 1948, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAPA COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 44, P. 413-414}{Deposit:: YATES, R.G., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN MAYACMAS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 42, P. 231-286}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.