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Wall Street

Past Producer in Lake 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 10040813
MRDS ID M055688
Record type Site
Current site name Wall Street
Alternate or previous names Nevada, Cincinnati
Related records 10163907

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.68913, 38.74155 (WGS84)
Elevation 693
Relative position 5 MI W OF MIDDLETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Saint Helena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 008W 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N
    Dip 30 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST OF THE AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY FRANCISCAN ROCKS WHICH INCLUDE SANDSTONE, SHALE, CGL, GREENSTONES AND CHERT, AND SERPENTINE. IN PLACES THE SERPENTINE HAS BEEN ALTERED TO SILICA CARBONATE ROCK. THESE ARE INTRUDED BY DIORITES AND GABBROS. OVERLYING THESE ARE THE PLIOCENE SONOMA VOLCANICS WHICH ARE MOSTLY ANDESITE FLOWS AND TUFFS BUT INCLUDE MORE SILICIC ROCKS AS WELL. MAJOR STRUCTURES IN THE AREA ARE 6 NW TRENDING SHEAR ZONES. THERE ARE MANY SMALLER FAULTS IN THE REGION. HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY IS EVIDENT IN THE DISTRICT EVEN TODAY WITH THE GEYSERS. CINNABAR IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH OPAL AND CHALCEDONY AT SOME PLACES WITHIN THE HYDROTHERMAL BELT BAILEY (1946) DOES NOT THINK PRESENT HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY IS RELATED TO THE MERCURY MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Production years 1875 - 1876, 1903 - 1923, 1926

Mining district

District name East Mayacmas

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Dunkin

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period To 1962
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 4518g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • 4 MINES PRODUCED MOST OF THIS: CLOVERDALE, MISSOURI, GEYSER, LOST LEDGE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • FIGURES REFER TO LARGEST SINGLE ORE BODY
  • A REDUCTION PLANT CONSTRUCTED IN 1956 . SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS.

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

    YATES, R. G. AND HILPERT, L. S., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN MAYACMAS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 231 - 286

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, P. 15-38

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    6) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558

  • 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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