Mine detail: Oat Hill Extension

Previously called 'Anderson'

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Location: Napa County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.67849, -122.51885
dep_id: 10040798
mrds_id: M055671
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
alteration: Kaolinization Of Sandstone
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Fault Zones
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Faults
Year first produced: 1932
prod_yrs: 1932 - 1946
References:
  • 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 MAYACMAS 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, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 44, P. 176-183
  • Deposit:: RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486
  • Production:: USBM DATA
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