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Bernard Property

Past Producer in El Dorado 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040662
MRDS ID M055517
Record type Site
Current site name Bernard Property
Alternate or previous names Bernard Cinnabar Mine, Amador, Amador Quicksilver Mine.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8813, 38.58184 (WGS84)
Elevation 326
Relative position 2 MI W OF NASHVILLE, ON FANNY CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Latrobe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 010E 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERMILION COATS WALLS OF OLD WORKINGS - 1860'S (AUBURY)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1860

Mining district

District name Nashville

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. L. Schneider
    First year 1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 78.

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1903, THE QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27.

  • Deposit

    5) CLARK, W.B. AND CARLSON, D.W., 1956 MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 52, P. 438

  • Deposit

    6) LOGAN, C.A., 1926, DISTRICT REPORT, EL DORADO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 22, P. 445

  • Production

    HOLMES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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