Mine detail: Anita

Previously called 'ChiquitaRitaSanta Rita'

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Location: Fresno County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.35551, -120.58265
dep_id: 10040924
mrds_id: M055814
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Quartz
alteration: Silica Carbonate Alteration In Franciscan Serpentine
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Fractures And Faults
prod_yrs: 1941 - 1954, 1956 - 1958
References:
  • 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:: 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
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