Mine detail: Cambria

Previously called 'Bank'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.63329, -121.0621

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1903

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1903 - 1917, 1932 - 1934, 1939 - 1940

Geology

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

References

MRDSM055775
DEP10040893
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:: RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 353 - 486}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{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}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.