Mine detail: Anderson Springs

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.77849, -122.69468

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite
Discovery year: 1917

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1929

Geology

Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Fracturing In Sandstone
Alteration processes:Kaolinization

References

MRDSM055655
DEP10040784
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{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:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES IN 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.}{Production:: YATES AND HILPERT, 1946}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.