Mine detail: Corona

Previously called 'Vallejo'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.67016, -122.54218

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Dolomite, Limonite, Marcasite, Opal, Pyrite
Discovery year: 1895

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1896 - 1905, 1911, 1916, 1940 - 1944

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:Local Thrust, Shearing Of Serpentine
Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055661
DEP10040790
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 MAYACMOS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 231 - 286}{Deposit:: DAVIS, F. F., 1948, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAPA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 44, P. 159 - 188}{Deposit:: 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 6) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.