Mine detail: Williams

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Location

Lat / long:

35.65996, -121.06016

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1915

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence
Production years:	1915, 1940

Geology

Host type:	Serpentinite
Structure:	Local Faults
Alteration processes:	Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDS	M055776
DEP	10040894
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}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.