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Occident Prospect

Past Producer in Mendocino county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040665
MRDS ID M055520
Record type Site
Current site name Occident Prospect
Alternate or previous names Amarillo, Wises Mine, Amrillo
Related records 10237036

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.12748, 38.91931 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position 7 MI SW OF HOPLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yorkville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Point Arena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Russian(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 011W 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOT 39

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY LOW GRADE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.12748, 38.91931
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Breccia Zone

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1906

Mining district

District name Occident

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James G. And Ella B. Cortelyon
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • OVER 60 FL THROUGH 1907 (HOLMES)

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS NOW CAVED

Comments on development

  • WORKED BY MEXICANS PRIOR TO AMERICAN OCCUPATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 78.

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1953, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MENDOCINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; CJMG V. 49, P. 367

  • Production

    USBM DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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