Mine detail: Cambria

Previously called 'Bank'

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Location: San Luis Obispo County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.63329, -121.0621
dep_id: 10040893
mrds_id: M055775
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
work_type: Underground
alteration: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Nw Trending Faults
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Serpentinite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Nw Trending Faults
disc_yr: 1903
prod_yrs: 1903 - 1917, 1932 - 1934, 1939 - 1940
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:: 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
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