Mine detail: Whitney

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.69821, -122.43662

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Structure:Serpentine - Shale Contact

References

MRDSM055691
DEP10040816
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486}{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:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.