Mine detail: Alpine

Previously called 'EsmeraldaBlack Hawk'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.3655, -120.72349

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Mercury
Orebody form: LENS
Discovery year: 1910

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1911 - 1914, 1916 - 1917, 1928, 1932 - 1936, 1938 - 1939

Geology

Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055806
DEP10040919
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}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.