Mine detail: Baker

Previously called 'Fuqua'

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Location: Lake County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.88766, -122.52968
dep_id: 10103812
mrds_id: M055637
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
gangue: Pyrite
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
conc_proc: Replacement By Hydrothermal Solutions
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Shale
Structure: Serpentine And Shale Contact With Overlying Sandstone
disc_yr: 1870
prod_yrs: 1870 - 1933 (INTERMITTENT), 1955 - 1956
References:
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 78, P. 52 - 70
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
  • Deposit:: RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558
  • Production:: USBM DATA
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