Mine detail: Jewess

Previously called 'Franklin'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.73599, -122.68801

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Serpentinite
Alteration processes:	Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDS	M055683
DEP	10040808
Reference	{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, P. 15-38}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG 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}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.