The Patriquin Mine is a mercury mine located in Monterey county, California at an elevation of 2,799 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 35.96, -120.42139
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Patriquin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Patriquin Mine
Secondary: Pitts
Secondary: Cholame - Parkfield
Secondary: Parkfield
Secondary: Franciscan
Secondary: Paloma Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Monterey
District: Parkfield (Patriquin Area)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Fred Harker
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Ray Hackney And Fred Kreider
Years: 1961 -
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^8 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1873
Discovery Year: 1873
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Andreas Fault
Type: L
Description: Ne - Dipping Thrust Fault , Intersecting Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica - Carbonate From Serpentine
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Metacinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Sulfur
Comments
Comment (Production): 45 LB/FT OF WORKINGS. PRODUCED SMALL AMOUNTS (LESS THAN 100 FL/YR) AT LEAST THROUGH 1965
Comment (Workings): UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CAVED (1959); GLORY HOLE BENCHED HAPHAZARDLY (1960)
Comment (Geology): SERPENTINE FORMS UPPER PLATE. { PIERCEMENTS OF ROCKS OF THE FRANCISCAN GROUP. CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTS AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF ROCKS OF MIOCENE AGE INTO ANTICLINE FORMED BY FOLDING A THICK SEQUENCE OF CRET. SEDIMENTS. PIERCEMENT LATER INTRUDED BY SERPENTINE IN POST - MIOCENE TIME.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): "VERY LITTLE ORE IS BELIEVED TO REMAIN IN THE MINE"
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: UNFAVORABLE STEEP FAULT; POSSIBLY WORKED OUT
Comment (Deposit): ONLY SIGNIFICANT MINE IN COUNTY. SOME FREE SULFUR AND METACINNABAR FOUND IN EARLY DAYS OF MINING ACTIVITY ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
Comment (Location): NE/4 SEC. 2. SOUTH SLOPE OF MINE MOUNTAIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): HART, E. W., 1966, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CDMG COUNTY REPORT 6
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S. PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Production): BAILEY, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BAILEY, 1942
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