Stayton District Report

Past Producer in San Benito county in California, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000985
MRDS ID M055746
Record type District
Current site name Stayton District Report

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.23321, 36.93023 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT/LONG EST AT ANTIMONY PEAK IN CENTRAL AREA OF DISTRICT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Benito(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mariposa Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pajaro(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Benito
United States California Merced
United States California Santa Clara

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICA CARBONATE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.23321, 36.93023

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N TRENDING ANTICLINE, N TRENDING FAULTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Mining district

District name STAYTON DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H. AND MYERS, W. B., 1949, QUICKSILVER AND ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF THE STAYTON DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 147, P. 37 - 56

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.