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New Idria - Sulfur Spring

Past Producer in San Benito 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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040911
MRDS ID M055796
Record type Site
Current site name New Idria - Sulfur Spring

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.67182, 36.40411 (WGS84)
Elevation 1024

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Benito(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Idria(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coalinga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(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 San Benito

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017S 012E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • HOLMES CONSIDERS THIS PART OF THE NEW IDRIA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Indurated Panoche Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.67182, 36.40411
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N 70 W Coalingua Anticline New Idria Thrust.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults And Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • New Idria Thrust

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name New Idria

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner New Idria Quicksilver Mining Co.
    First year 1941

Comments on the production information

  • HOLMES CONSIDERS THIS PART OF NEW IDRIA IN PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ECKEL, E. B. AND MYERS, W. B., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT SAN BENITO AND FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 81 - 124

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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