Mine detail: Baker

Previously called 'Fuqua'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.88766, -122.52968

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1870 - 1933 (INTERMITTENT), 1955 - 1956

Geology

Host type:	Shale
Structure:	Serpentine And Shale Contact With Overlying Sandstone
Alteration processes:	Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDS	M055637
DEP	10103812
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.