Mine detail: Big Injun

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.76266, -122.71079

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Mercury
Gangue: Dolomite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR ()
Discovery year: 1873

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1916 - 1917, 1940 , 1955-1956
First production started: 1916

Geology

Structure:Brecciation Of Sandstone, Serpentine - Sediment Contact
Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055657
DEP10040786
Reference{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.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.