| Location: | Santa Barbara County, California, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 34.72193, -119.91289 |
| dep_id: | 10040875 |
| mrds_id: | M055754 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Mercury |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Cinnabar |
| gangue: | Chromite, Dickite, Dolomite, Pyrite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR, PIPE, TABULAR |
| work_type: | Unknown |
| alteration: | Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine |
| conc_proc: | Hydrothermal Solutions |
| ore_ctrl: | Local Faults, Fault Breccia |
| Reporter: | Peterson, Jocelyn A. |
| hrock_unit: | Franciscan Complex |
| hrock_type: | Shale,Sandstone |
| Structure: | Nw Fault Dipping Steeply. Other Sets Also Under Knoxville, Ne Trending Faults Intersecting With N Trending Faults |
| tectonic: | Franciscan Melange |
| Year first produced: | 1867 |
| disc_yr: | 1867 |
| prod_yrs: | 1905, 1907, 1910, 1912-1913, 1916-1921, 1932-1938, 1940-1946 |
| References: |
- 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
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