Mine detail: Vulture

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Location: San Luis Obispo County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.57302, -120.95098
dep_id: 10040890
mrds_id: M055771
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Limonite
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Brecciation Of Serpentine
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Serpentinite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Local Fault
disc_yr: 1915
prod_yrs: 1915, 1933
References:
  • 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.
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