Mine detail: Mother Lode Mine

Previously called 'Consolidated QuicksilverAmerican AlmadenCanyon Creek'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.33514, -120.3619

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper, Gold
Other material: Calcite, Chalcedony, Cinnabar, Pyrite
Discovery year: 1899

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1906

Geology

References

MRDSM055194
MAS410130010
DEP10249666
Reference{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963,}{Deposit:: P. 141-143.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INVEST. MAP I-543, 1968.}
ReporterWestern Field Operations Center (WFOC)