Mine detail: Cerro Gordo

Previously called 'Bradford'

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Location: San Benito County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.56272, -121.09822
dep_id: 10040928
mrds_id: M055819
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Cinnabar
alteration: Silicified Serpentine
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
Structure: Serpentine - Sandstone Contact
References:
  • 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
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