Mine detail: Lost Chord

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Location: Santa Barbara County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.72916, -119.90484
dep_id: 10040877
mrds_id: M055756
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
alteration: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Local Shearing
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Serpentinite
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: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 46, P. 509 - 532
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