Mine detail: Lea - Grant

Previously called 'Wild TurkeyToothacheJuniperJupiter'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.55966, -120.84099

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Gypsum
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1940

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Local Fracturing
Alteration processes:Induration Of Panoche

References

MRDSM055823
DEP10103830
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: AVERILL, C. V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 41 - 60}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.