Latitude: 36°20'26"N
Longitude: 120°33'2"W
A former Hg mine located in the SW¼ sec. 22, and the NW¼ sec. 27, T18S, R13E, MDM, near the San Benito County line.
Mineralization is hosted in rocks of the Panoche Formation (New Idria serpentin body, shale).
Local structures include irregularly spaced, nearly parallel fractures.
Production:: U.S. Bureau of Mines data.
References
Bradley, W.W. (1918), Quicksilver resources of California, with a section on metallurgy and ore dressing: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 78, 389 pp.
Ransome, Alfred Leslie & J.L. Kellogg (1939), Quicksilver resources of California: California Division Mines Report 35: 353-558.
Eckel, Edwin Butt & W.B. Myers (1946), Quicksilver deposits of the New Idria district, San Benito and Fresno Counties, California: California Division Mines Report 42: 81-124.
Logan, Clarence August, Lewis T. Braun & James W. Vernon (1951), Mines and mineral resources of Fresno County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 47: 510-511.
Holmes, Jr., G.W. (1965), Mercury in California: in: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8252.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 115.
Bailey, E.H., USGS, personal files.
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