Mine detail: Breen

Previously called 'CodyDon JuanDon MiguelNielson GroupSan Benito'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.32162, -120.71155

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Shale
Alteration processes:Induration Of Panoche Sediments

References

MRDSM055803
DEP10040917
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.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.