Mine detail: Knoxville District Report

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Location

Lat / long: 38.83928, -122.34636

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Discovery year: 1862

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: DISSEMINATED, VEINS
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Structure:FRACTURES IN SILICA - CARBONATE ROCK, NW TRENDING FAULT ZONES
Alteration processes:SILICA CARBONATE ALTERATION OF SERPENTINE

References

MRDSM055644
DEP60000982
ReferenceAVERITT, P., 1945, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE KNOXVILLE DISTRICT, NAPA, YOLO, AND LAKE COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 41, P. 65 - 89