Mine detail: Red Rock

Previously called 'EagleCachuma Eaglemerchrome'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.72193, -119.91289

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Chromite, Dickite, Dolomite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, PIPE, TABULAR
Discovery year:	1867

Production

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

Geology

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

References

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.