Mine detail: Orestimba

Previously called 'Palo Alto'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.29686, -121.31935

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Magnesite
Discovery year: 1900

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Shale
Structure:Local Shears
Alteration processes:Silicification Of Shale

References

MRDSM055742
DEP10040866
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: CHARLES, A., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF STANISLAUS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 96 - 98}{Deposit:: FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 27, 270 P.}{Deposit:: 5) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.