Mine detail: New Idria - San Carlos Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

36.39272, -120.65877

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS
Discovery year:	1858

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Panoche Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone
Structure:	N 70 W Coalinga Anticline New Idria Thrust Fault, Coalinga Anticline, New Idria Thrust Fault
Alteration processes:	Moderately Argillized And Indurated Panoche

References

MRDS	M055790
DEP	10040905
Reference	{Deposit:: ECKEL, E. B. AND MYERS, W. B., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT SAN BENITO AND FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 81 - 124}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILES}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.