Mine detail: Cerro Gordo

Previously called 'Bradford'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.56272, -121.09822

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Structure:Serpentine - Sandstone Contact
Alteration processes:Silicified Serpentine

References

MRDSM055819
DEP10040928
Reference{Deposit:: AVERILL, C. V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 41 - 62}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA, USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 270 P.}{Deposit:: 5) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35 P. 353-486}{Deposit:: 6) 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 UNPUB DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.