Mine detail: New Idria

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.41438, -120.6746

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
Gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1853

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1858 - 1920, 1923 - 1949, 1951 - 1962
First production started: 1854

Geology

Host rock:Panoche Formation
Host type:Shale,Sandstone
Structure:N 70 W Coalinga Anticline New Idria Thrust., New Idria Thrust Fault And Other Localized Faults
Alteration processes:Induration Of Sandstone And Shale

References

MRDSM055793
DEP10040908
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}{Deposit:: AVERILL, C. V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 41 - 60}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 6) FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 270 P.}{Deposit:: 7) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486}{Deposit:: 1941 DIREXPL WITH HELP FROM USBM, GOT GOOD INFORMATION ON ORE STRUCTURES}{Deposit:: 1952 DIREXPL DMEA EXPLORED WEST IDRIA AREA}{Deposit:: 1955 DIREXPL DMEA EXPLORED MOLINO ZONE}{Deposit:: 1957 DIREXPL DMEA EXPLORED SULFUR SPRINGS AREA}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.