Mine detail: Stayton

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Location: Merced County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.91715, -121.21934
dep_id: 10106914
mrds_id: M055751
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Minor mineral: Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Stibnite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Kaolinization Of The Basalt
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Basalt
arock_type: Basalt
Structure: Parallel Fractures
Year first produced: 1876
disc_yr: 1870
prod_yrs: PRE 1919, 1920 - 1922, 1924, 1927 - 1945, 1947
References:
  • 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
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