| Deposit ID | 10040646 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055500 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Clover Creek Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Clover Creek Cinnabar |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.99275, 40.65819 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 466 |
| Relative position | 5 MI NW OF WHITMORE, 30 MI NE OF REDDING (?) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Shasta(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Whitmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Burney(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Shasta |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 032N}033N | 001W}001W | 04,05}32 | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Mercury | Ore |
| Model code | 179 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27c |
| Deposit model name | Silica-carbonate Hg |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -121.99275, 40.65819 |
|---|
| General form | DISSEMINATED, FRACTURE COATINGS, THIN SEAMS AND VUGS |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | 30 |
| Length | 402.33M |
| Width | 30.48M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1898 |
| District name | Clover Creek District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. W. Byers |
| First year | 1974 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055500 |
LYDON, P.A., AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 6, P. 134.
HOLMES, G.W. JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRUCLAR 8252, P. 175-176, 199.
BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 78, P. 168.
PABST, ADOLF, 1938, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 113, P. 60.
LYDON AND O'BRIEN; HOLMES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MRDS RECORD M054790 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED |
| Deposit | CINNABAR FORMS MINUTE CRYSTALS IN THIN SEAMS AND VUGS IN A SHEAR ZONE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1975 | Gassaway, J. S. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1991 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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