Mine detail: Elgin

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.05794, -122.47329

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal, Sulfur
Orebody form: LEDGE
Discovery year: 1929

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1908 - 1909, 1916

Geology

Host type:Shale
Alteration processes:Opalization Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055631
DEP10103811
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: LOGAN, C. A., 1929, MINING IN CALIFORNIA, COLUSA COUNTY: REPT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 25, P. 295 - 299}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Production:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.