Mine detail: Wonder

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.40966, -120.69738

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1908

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1913 - 1917, 1931 - 1933, 1939 - 1942, 1951 - 1952

Geology

Structure:

N 70 W Coalinga Anticline New Idria Thrust Fault, New Idria Thrust Fault, Tear Fault

References

MRDS	M055794
DEP	10040909
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:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, P. 41-60}{Deposit:: 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 6) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486}{Production:: USBM DATA}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.