The Big Boy Cinnabar Group is a mercury mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 2,149 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: 2,149 Feet (655 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.99444, -123.89583
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Big Boy Cinnabar Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Boy Cinnabar Group
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
District: Diamond Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: O. H. Hayberg, H. W. Lipple, And George Davis
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1919
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Silica-carbonate Hg
Orebody
Form: FRACTURE FILLING
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3-5 LB/TON HG
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW OPEN CUTS AND PITS
Comment (Geology): SERPENTINE IS PRESENT NEARBY
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: POST WWI
Comment (Location): ON NORTH FORK OF DIAMOND CREEK. TWO CLAIMS ARE IN OREGON, THREE ARE IN CALIFORNIA
Comment (Deposit): OVERALL, DEPOSIT FORMS A TABULAR BODY
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 169, 198.
Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, P. 309.
Reference (Deposit): MAXSON, J.H., 1933, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF PORTIONS OF DEL NORTE AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES, NORTHWESTERNMOST CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 157-158.
Reference (Production): HOLMES
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