Mine detail: New Idria - San Carlos Mine

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Location: San Benito County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.39272, -120.65877
dep_id: 10040905
mrds_id: M055790
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: LENS
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Moderately Argillized And Indurated Panoche
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Fault Zones Intersecting New Idria Thrust
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Panoche Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
Structure: N 70 W Coalinga Anticline New Idria Thrust Fault, Coalinga Anticline, New Idria Thrust Fault
disc_yr: 1858
References:
  • 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
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