The Clover Creek Mine is a mercury mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 1,529 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: 1,529 Feet (466 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.65833, -121.99167
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Clover Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clover Creek Mine
Secondary: Clover Creek Cinnabar
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: Clover Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: R. W. Byers
Years: 1974 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1898
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Middle Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Silica-carbonate Hg
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED, FRACTURE COATINGS, THIN SEAMS AND VUGS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION TO QUARTER CORNER
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR FORMS MINUTE CRYSTALS IN THIN SEAMS AND VUGS IN A SHEAR ZONE
Comment (Production): PROSPECTED BETWEEN 1898 AND 1915 - NO COMMERCIAL - GRADE ORE
Comment (Development): INTERMITTENTLY PROSPECTED 1898-1915 BUT NO COMMERCIAL ORE WAS FOUND
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFTS, DRIFTS, PITS
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD M054790 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
References
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 78, P. 168.
Reference (Deposit): PABST, ADOLF, 1938, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 113, P. 60.
Reference (Production): LYDON AND O'BRIEN; HOLMES
Reference (Deposit): 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.
Reference (Deposit): 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.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
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