Mine detail: Stayton

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.91715, -121.21934

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Antimony
Ore: Cinnabar, Stibnite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Production years: PRE 1919, 1920 - 1922, 1924, 1927 - 1945, 1947
First production started: 1876

Geology

Host type:Basalt
Associated type:Basalt
Structure:Parallel Fractures
Alteration processes:Kaolinization Of The Basalt

References

MRDSM055751
DEP10106914
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H. AND MYERS, W.B., 1942, QUICKSILVER AND ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF THE STAYTON DISTRICT, CALIF.: USGS BULL. 931-Q, P. 405-434}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 5) LEITH, C.J., 1949, GEOLOGY OF THE QUIEN SABE QUADRANGLE, CALIF.: CDM BULL. 147, P. 33-34}{Deposit:: 6) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558}{Production:: USBM DATA}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.