Mine detail: James Creck Placer

Previously called 'Patten Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.66988, -122.50301

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1915

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

References

MRDSM055665
DEP10040793
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: RANSOME, A. L., AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA: IN CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486.}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 5) YATES, R.G. AND HILPERT, L.S., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN MAYACMAS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 42, P. 231-286}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.