Mine detail: Mahoney

Previously called 'Buena VistaGould'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.62329, -120.89848

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Orebody form: POCKETS
Discovery year: 1874

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1900 - 1903, 1929 - 1930, 1935, 1938 - 1948

Geology

Host type:Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Structure:Local Fracture Zones
Alteration processes:Kaolinization Of Sediments

References

MRDSM055769
DEP10040889
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{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.}{Deposit:: 5) FRANKE, H.A., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 31, P. 434-455}{Deposit:: 6) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486}{Deposit:: 1956 DIREXPL DMEA LED TO DISCOVERY OF A NEW MINERALIZED ZON}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.