Mine detail: Picacho

Previously called 'RamirezHernandisLos PicachosBentaBonanza'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.34662, -120.69516

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Mercury
Orebody form: LENS
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1902 - 1908, 1910 - 1911, 1913 - 1915, 1918, 1932, 1935, 1939 - 1940, 1942

Geology

Structure:Nw Trending - Sw Dipping Shear Zone
Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration In Franciscan Serpentine

References

MRDSM055809
DEP10040920
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}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.