The Corona is a mercury mine located in Napa county, California at an elevation of 2,001 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: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.67028, -122.54111
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Corona MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Corona
Secondary: Vallejo
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Napa
District: East Mayacmas
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Vallejo Quicksilver And Others
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: To 1960
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
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 Thrust, Shearing Of Serpentine
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON CENTRAL ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, F. F., 1948, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NAPA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 44, P. 159 - 188
Reference (Deposit): 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
Reference (Deposit): 6) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
Reference (Deposit): YATES, R. G. AND HILPERT, L. S., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN MAYACMOS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 231 - 286
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
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