Mine detail: Wittenberg Ranch

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.60218, -121.02405

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite
Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055770
DEP10103821
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: ECKEL, E. B., YATES, R. G., AND GRANGER, A. E., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS BULL. 922-R, P. 515 - 580}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: FRANKE, H.A., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 31, P. 434-455}{Production:: HOLMES, 1965}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.