Mine detail: Lion Den

Previously called 'Cal-MerSanta Rosa'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.72416, -119.91151

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Barite, Dickite, Dolomite, Pyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1933

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1932, 1935 - 1942, 1944

Geology

Host type:Shale,Sandstone
Structure:Local Fault Intersections
Alteration processes:Carbonatized Sediments

References

MRDSM055753
DEP10103820
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: EVERHART, D. L., 1950, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CACHUMA DISTRICT, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 46, P. 509 - 532}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 5) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.