The Red Elephant is a mercury mine located in Lake county, California at an elevation of 2,201 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: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.83472, -122.40306
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Red Elephant MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Elephant
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Lake
District: Knoxville
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Gradina, Z.
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
Discovery Year: 1898
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: Local Shear
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Marcasite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS NOW CAVED AND FLOODED
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): AVERITT, P., 1945, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE KNOXVILLE DISTRICT, NAPA, YOLO, AND LAKE COUNTIES, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 41, P. 65-89
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
Reference (Deposit): 5) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
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