Clover Creek Mine

The Clover Creek Mine is a mercury mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 1,529 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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