Latitude: 36°23'54"N
Longitude: 120°39'50"W
A former Hg mine located in the NE¼SE¼ sec. 32, T17S, R12E, MDM, 2.3 km (7,500 feet) SSE (1 air mile) of New Idria.
Mineralization is hosted in the Panoche Formation Upper Cretaceous, shale & sandstone; Franciscan sediments & serpentine, Panoche Formation, Franciscan Jurassic sandstone and serpentine.
Local structures include the N70W Coalinga Anticline New Idria thrust fault, tear fault zone.
DIREXPL DMEA found no reserves in 1955.
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 of Mines: 81-124.
Holmes, G.H. (1965) Mercury in California. US Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8252.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 74.
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