Mine detail: Wheeler Area

Previously called 'Coso Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.0222, -117.77008

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue:	Chalcedony, Clay, Opal, Pyrite, Sulfur
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1929

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1935-1936, 1942-1943

Geology

Alteration processes:

Argillic, Silicification

References

MRDS	M055523
DEP	10103802
Reference	{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Production:: USBM DATA}
Reporter	Gassaway, J. S.