Mine detail: New Idria - Sulfur Spring

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.40411, -120.67182

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Structure:	N 70 W Coalingua Anticline New Idria Thrust., Faults And Fractures
Alteration processes:	Indurated Panoche Sediments

References

MRDS	M055796
DEP	10040911
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. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 81 - 124}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.