Mine detail: Lucky Strike

Previously called 'Pico Rico'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.64022, -120.93767

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1940

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1940 - 1944, 1954

Geology

Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Shears In Franciscan

References

MRDSM055825
DEP10040932
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:: 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.