Mine detail: Marquart

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Location: San Luis Obispo County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.61496, -120.9882
dep_id: 10040892
mrds_id: M055773
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
orebody_fm: LENSES
alteration: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Serpentinite
Structure: Local Faults
disc_yr: 1917
References:
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
  • Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., YATES, R.G., AND GRANGER, A.E., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIF.: USGS BULL. 922-R, P. 515-580
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