Mine detail: Kismet

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.6019, -120.93459

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1925

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Local Faults
Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055767
DEP10040887
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. 515 - 580}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.