Mine detail: Bella Oak

Previously called 'OakvilleBella Union'

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Location: Napa County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.43989, -122.43023
dep_id: 10040859
mrds_id: M055734
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Barite, Chalcedony, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Changes In Fault Attitudes
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Serpentinite
Structure: Local Faults, Shears, Rolls
disc_yr: 1868
prod_yrs: 1872 - 1873, 1876, 1916 - 1920, 1929 - 1933, 1935, 1942 - 1943
References:
  • Deposit:: FIX, P. F. AND SWINNEY, C. M., 1949, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE OAKVILLE DISTRICT, NAPA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, P. 31 - 46
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
  • 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.
  • Deposit:: 5) 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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