Mine detail: Hays

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Location: Lake County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.71321, -122.67801
dep_id: 10040807
mrds_id: M055682
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
alteration: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Serpentinite
Structure: Serpentine - Sandstone Contact
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1918
References:
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
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