Mine detail: Oceanic

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.58524, -121.0007

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Mercury
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1875 - 1879, 1901 - 1905, 1907 - 1920, 1927 - 1932, 1934 - 1938, 1940 - 1946
First production started: 1875

Geology

Host rock:Franciscan Complex
Host type:Serpentinite,Sandstone
Associated type:Diabase
Structure:Ocenaic Fault
Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055772
DEP10040891
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:: RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486}{Deposit:: 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 6) FRANKE, H.A., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 31, P. 434-455}{Deposit:: 7) FROLLI, A.W., 1937, MINING AND REDUCTION METHODS AND COSTS AT THE OCEANIC QUICKSILVER MINE, CAMBRIA, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALIF.: USBM IC 6950, 13 P.}{Deposit:: 1955 DIREXPL DME}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.