Mine detail: Cerro Bonito

Previously called 'Mathews'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.57438, -120.92322

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1873

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1873 - 1876, 1902

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite
Structure:Serpentine - Sandstone Contact
Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055818
DEP10040927
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: AVERILL, C. V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 41 - 60}{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) FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 270 P.}{Deposit:: 6) RANSOME, A.L., AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486}{Deposit:: 7) YATES, R.G. AND HILPERT, L.S., 1945, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL SAN BENITO AND NORTHWESTERN FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 41, P. 11-35}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.