Mine detail: Archer Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.30745, -120.55765

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue: Calcite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENS
Discovery year: 1905

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1951 - 1956, 1960 - 1961

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite
Structure:Panoche-Serpentine Contact
Alteration processes:Induration Of Panoche Sediments

References

MRDSM055812
DEP10040922
Reference{Deposit:: ECKEL, E. B. AND MYERS, W. B., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT, SAN BENITO AND FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIF: 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:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 5) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558}{Deposit:: 6) LOGAN, C.A., BRAUN, L.T., AND VERNON, J.W., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FRESNO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 47, P. 510-511}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.