Mine detail: Los Prietos

Previously called 'JuniperSnow'

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Location: Santa Barbara County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.53361, -119.68927
dep_id: 10040880
mrds_id: M055759
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Faults
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Franciscan Complex
hrock_type: Serpentinite
Structure: Sandstone - Serpentine Contact
disc_yr: 1860
prod_yrs: 1911, 1913 - 1916, 1930 - 1932, 1935 - 1939
References:
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: TUCKER, W. B., 1925, MINING IN CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 21, P. 542 - 544
  • Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
  • Deposit:: RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486
  • Production:: USBM DATA
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