Mine detail: Los Prietos

Previously called 'JuniperSnow'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.53361, -119.68927

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1860

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1911, 1913 - 1916, 1930 - 1932, 1935 - 1939

Geology

Host rock:Franciscan Complex
Host type:Serpentinite
Structure:Sandstone - Serpentine Contact

References

MRDSM055759
DEP10040880
Reference{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}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.