Mine detail: Big Injun

Location:	Lake County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.76266, -122.71079
dep_id:	10040786
mrds_id:	M055657
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Mercury
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury
gangue:	Dolomite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	TABULAR ()
work_type:	Underground
alteration:	Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
conc_proc:	Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl:	Brecciated Zone And 2 Nw Trending Fault Zones
Reporter:	Peterson, Jocelyn A.
Structure:	Brecciation Of Sandstone, Serpentine - Sediment Contact
Year first produced:	1916
disc_yr:	1873
prod_yrs:	1916 - 1917, 1940 , 1955-1956
discr:	Injun Jeff
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 IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486. Deposit:: 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OFCALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.