Lat / long: | 38.19989, -122.30105 |
Primary: | Mercury |
Secondary: | Chromium |
Tertiary: | Manganese, Copper |
Discovery year: | 1850 |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | DISSEMINATED, VEINS, STOCKWORKS |
Production size: | Medium |
Development status: | Producer |
First production started: | 1864 |
Structure: | LOCAL FAULTS TRENDING NW, LITHOLOGIC CONTACTS, NW TRENDING ANTICLINE (MAYACMAS ANTICLINE) |
Alteration processes: | KAOLINIZATION SEDIMENTS, SILICA CARBONATE ALTERATION OF SERPENTINE |
MRDS | M055652 |
DEP | 60000983 |
Reference | YATES, 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 |