The Occident Prospect is a mercury mine located in Mendocino county, California at an elevation of 1,201 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
Elevation: 1,201 Feet (366 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.91944, -123.12639
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Occident Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Occident Prospect
Secondary: Amarillo
Secondary: Wises Mine, Amrillo
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Mendocino
District: Occident
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: James G. And Ella B. Cortelyon
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Breccia Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Commodity): VERY LOW GRADE ORE
Comment (Location): LOT 39
Comment (Production): OVER 60 FL THROUGH 1907 (HOLMES)
Comment (Development): WORKED BY MEXICANS PRIOR TO AMERICAN OCCUPATION
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS NOW CAVED
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 78.
Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1953, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MENDOCINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; CJMG V. 49, P. 367
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.
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