Mine detail: Red Acres

Previously called 'OrestimbaWinegar'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.37603, -121.38713

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1916

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Sandstone

References

MRDSM055745
DEP10040869
Reference{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:: CHARLES, A., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF STANISLAUS COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, P. 96-98}{Deposit:: HAWKES, H.E., JR., WELLS, F.G., AND WHEELER, D.P., JR., 1942, CHROMITE AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE DEL PUERTO AREA, STANISLAUS COUNTY, CALIF.: USGS BULL. 936-D, P. 79-110}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.