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Harrison

Past Producer in Yolo 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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040775
MRDS ID M055645
Record type Site
Current site name Harrison
Alternate or previous names January, Ruby, New England, Grizzly
Related records 10190131

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.37495, 38.85127 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position 19 MI SE OF LOWER LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yolo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knoxville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cache(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Yolo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 005W 26,35 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Picotite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sulfur Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RAN TO 4 LB/TON MAX, DMEA REPT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.37495, 38.85127
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Serpentine - Knoxville Fault Contact

Ore body information

  • Strike N 42 W
    Dip NE
    Length 15.24M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Broad Nw Trending Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • FRANCISCAN SEDIMENTS AND SERPENTINE CONSTITUTE THE MAJOR ROCKS OF THE DISTRICT WHILE KNOXVILLE STRATA OCCUR E OF THE ORE DISTRICT. THESE ARE OVERLAIN BY PLEIOCENE - PLEISTOCENE SONOMA VOLCANICS WHICH ARE RHYOLITIC TUFFS AND AGGLOMERATES OF BASALT ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE. PRIOR TO THE UPPER PLEIOCENE THE ROCKS WERE FOLDED AND FAULTED GIVING MAJOR NW STRUCTURAL TRENDS. MANY OF THE MERCURY DEPOSITS OCCUR ALONG THE FLANKS OF A MAJOR ANTICLINE. THE SEDIMENTS HAVE BEEN HYDROTHERMALLY BLEACHED AND KAOLINIZED WHILE THE SERPENTINE HAS UNDERGONE SILICA - CARBONATION. ORE BODIES INCLUDE THOSE IN SILICA CARBONATE ROCK (MOST ABUNDANT), BODIES ALONG FAULTS IN FRANCISCAN SANDSTONE, OCCURRENCES ALONG CONTACTS WITH BASALT DIKES, AND BODIES IN BRECCIATED CHERT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1868
Year of first production 1917
Production years 1917 - 1918, 1937 - 1945

Mining district

District name Knoxville

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner V. W. Harrison And Others

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period To 1962
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^61 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 22560g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 249.94M
    Overall depth 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST OF WORKINGS NOW INACCESSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    AVERITT, P., 1945, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE KNOXVILLE DISTRICT, NAPA, YOLO, AND LAKE COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 41, P. 65 - 89

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.

  • Deposit

    5) FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 270 P.

  • Deposit

    6) O'BRIEN, J.C., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF YOLO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CJMG, V. 46, P. 459-460

  • Deposit

    7) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIS: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486

  • Deposit

    1957 DIREXPL DMEA , FOUND MINERALIZATION BUT IT WAS UNECONOMICA

  • Production

    USBM DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1850'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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