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Del Mexico

Past Producer in Fresno 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040923
MRDS ID M055813
Record type Site
Current site name Del Mexico
Alternate or previous names Mexican
Related records 10139102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.55154, 36.34051 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position 28 MI NW OF COALINGA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coalinga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018S 013E 22,27 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Induration Of Panoche Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.55154, 36.34051
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Irregularly Spaced Nearly Parallel Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name New Idria

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Llyle J. Christies

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Period Thru 1960
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3-5 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Mercury Mercury 1807g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS PARTIALLY INACCESSIBLE

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, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 81 - 124

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    5) LOGAN, C.A., BRAUN, L.T., AND VERNON, J.W., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FRESNO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 47, P. 510-511

  • Deposit

    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: 1860'S
Deposit VEINS IN FRACTURES FROM 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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