| Lat / long: | 34.72193, -119.91289 |
| Primary: | Mercury |
| Ore: | Cinnabar |
| Gangue: | Chromite, Dickite, Dolomite, Pyrite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR, PIPE, TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1867 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1905, 1907, 1910, 1912-1913, 1916-1921, 1932-1938, 1940-1946 |
| First production started: | 1867 |
| Host rock: | Franciscan Complex |
| Host type: | Shale,Sandstone |
| Structure: | Nw Fault Dipping Steeply. Other Sets Also Under Knoxville, Ne Trending Faults Intersecting With N Trending Faults |
| Tectonic: | Franciscan Melange |
| Alteration processes: | Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine |
| MRDS | M055754 |
| DEP | 10040875 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: EVERHART, D.L., 1950, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CACHUMA DISTRICT, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CJMG V. 46, P. 509-532}{Deposit:: RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Production:: USBM DATA} |
| Reporter | Peterson, Jocelyn A. |