Mine detail: Gypsy

Previously called 'Woody Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.92326, -121.22018

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Ore: Cinnabar, Stibnite
Gangue: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: PRE 1919

Geology

Host type:Basalt
Associated type:Basalt
Alteration processes:Silicification Of Breccia Zone

References

MRDSM055748
DEP10040871
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H. AND MYERS, W. B., 1949, QUICKSILVER AND ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF THE STAYTON DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 147, P. 37 - 56}{Deposit:: LEITH, C.J., 1949, GEOLOGY OF THE QUIEN SABE QUADRANGLE, CALIF.: CDM BULL. 147, P. 33-34}{Production:: BAILEY AND MYERS, 1949}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.