Newhall

Occurrence in Stanislaus county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040867
MRDS ID M055743
Record type Site
Current site name Newhall
Alternate or previous names Deer Park

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.44046, 37.45742 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stanislaus(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Boardman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panoche-San Luis Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Stanislaus

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 005E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED TO CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.44046, 37.45742

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Del Puerto - Orestimba

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CHARLES, A., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF STANISLAUS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 96 - 98

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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