Mine detail: Big Chief

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.77071, -122.70413

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1859

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1918 - 1920, 1928 - 1933, 1940, 1945

Geology

Host type:Sandstone
Associated type:Basalt
Structure:Faults
Alteration processes:Kaolinization

References

MRDSM055656
DEP10040785
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 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}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.