Mine detail: North Star and Sunset View

Previously called 'Santa Maria'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.76162, -121.27432

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Clastic Sedimentary Rock

References

MRDSM055787
DEP10040903
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., 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:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.