Mine detail: Rinconada

Previously called 'ClausSan Jose Valley'

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Location: San Luis Obispo County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.28941, -120.47764
dep_id: 10103825
mrds_id: M055788
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Changes In Fault Attitudes
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Serpentinite
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure: Local Faults
disc_yr: 1872
prod_yrs: 1902 - 1905, 1909 - 1911, 1923, 1925 - 1926, 1929 - 1932, 1934 - 1935, 1937, 1941 - 1943, 1951 - 1952
References:
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
  • 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:: RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486
  • Deposit:: 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
  • Deposit:: 6) FRANKE, H.A., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 31, P. 434-455
  • Production:: USBM DATA
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