Mine detail: Big Chief

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Location: Lake County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.77071, -122.70413
dep_id: 10040785
mrds_id: M055656
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
alteration: Kaolinization
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Faults And Brecciation
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_type: Basalt
Structure: Faults
disc_yr: 1859
prod_yrs: 1918 - 1920, 1928 - 1933, 1940, 1945
References:
  • 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 MACAYAMAS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 231 - 286
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILES
  • Deposit:: AVERILL, C. V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 25 - 38
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