Knoxville District

Past Producer in Napa 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. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000982
MRDS ID M055644
Record type District
Current site name Knoxville District
Alternate or previous names Knoxville District Report

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.34636, 38.83928 (WGS84)

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 Napa
United States California Lake
United States California Yolo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICA CARBONATE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.34636, 38.83928

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description FRACTURES IN SILICA - CARBONATE ROCK
Type of structure Regional
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description NW TRENDING FAULT ZONES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1862

Mining district

District name KNOXVILLE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 08-NOV-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey updated existing but incomplete District record.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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