Mine detail: Tirado and Shear

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.37272, -120.72655

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Discovery year: 1925

Production

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

Geology

Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration In Franciscan Serpentine

References

MRDSM055811
DEP10103827
Reference{Deposit:: ECKEL, E. B. AND MYERS, W. B., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT, SAN BENITO AND FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 81 - 124}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, P. 41-60}{Deposit:: RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.