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Idria Quicksilver Group

Occurrence in San Bernardino 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040683
MRDS ID M055541
Record type Site
Current site name Idria Quicksilver Group
Alternate or previous names Turtle Dove, Mercury

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.05304, 34.85724 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 5 MI S OF GOFFS, IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS: 9 MI BY ROAD NE OF DANBY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fenner Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amboy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 009N 018E 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW SLOPE OF HORSESHOE BEND MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chalcedonic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.05304, 34.85724
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 30 NW
    Thickness 2.44M
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 30 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Recemented By Hot Springs Deposits

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NUMEROUS PARALLEL VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. W. Cooke
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • TO 4% HG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: CJMG VOL. 27, NO. 3.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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