Mine detail: Sulfur Dome

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.7136, -119.91678

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Dickite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Sandstone
Alteration processes:Carbonatization Of Sediments

References

MRDSM055757
DEP10040878
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: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 46, P. 509 - 532}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.