Mine detail: Klau

Previously called 'SunderlandSanta CruzKarlCarsonCapitolaSierra Morena'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.62052, -120.90042

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1868

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1875 - 1878, 1895 - 1899, 1901 - 1905, 1907 - 1909, 1911 - 1912, 1914 - 1917, 1920, 1924, 1927 - 1947, 1949
First production started: 1874

Geology

Host type:Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Structure:Local Nw Trending Fractures
Alteration processes:Kaolinization Of Sediments

References

MRDSM055765
DEP10040886
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: ECKEL, E. B., YATES, R. G., AND GRANGER, A. E., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS BULL. 922-R, P. 575 - 580}{Deposit:: FRANKE, H. A. 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 51, P. 434 - 455}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 6) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.