Mine detail: East Mayacmas District Report

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Location

Lat / long: 38.19989, -122.30105

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Chromium
Tertiary: Manganese, Copper
Discovery year: 1850

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: DISSEMINATED, VEINS, STOCKWORKS
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1864

Geology

Structure:LOCAL FAULTS TRENDING NW, LITHOLOGIC CONTACTS, NW TRENDING ANTICLINE (MAYACMAS ANTICLINE)
Alteration processes:KAOLINIZATION SEDIMENTS, SILICA CARBONATE ALTERATION OF SERPENTINE

References

MRDSM055652
DEP60000983
ReferenceYATES, R. G. AND HILPERT, L. S., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN MAYACMAS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42 P. 231 - 286