Latitude: 36°24'8"N
Longitude: 120°40'8"W
A former Hg mine located 1.7 km (5,600 feet) SSE of Idria.
Mineralization is hosted in rocks of the Panoche Formation (Upper Cretaceous) and the Franciscan (Jurassic) serpentine and sandstone.
Local structures include the N70W Coalinga Anticline, the New Idria thrust, and faults and fractures.
References
Eckel, Edwin Butt & W.B. Myers (1946), Quicksilver deposits of the New Idria district, San Benito and Fresno Counties, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 42): 42: 81-124.
Holmes, Jr., G.W. (1965), Mercury in California: in: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8252.
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