The Wall Street is a mercury mine located in Lake county, California at an elevation of 2,274 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: 2,274 Feet (693 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.74167, -122.68806
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Wall Street MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wall Street
Secondary: Nevada
Secondary: Cincinnati
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Lake
District: East Mayacmas
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Fred Dunkin
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
Discovery Year: 1865
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
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Local Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): MOST OF THE AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY FRANCISCAN ROCKS WHICH INCLUDE SANDSTONE, SHALE, CGL, GREENSTONES AND CHERT, AND SERPENTINE. IN PLACES THE SERPENTINE HAS BEEN ALTERED TO SILICA CARBONATE ROCK. THESE ARE INTRUDED BY DIORITES AND GABBROS. OVERLYING THESE ARE THE PLIOCENE SONOMA VOLCANICS WHICH ARE MOSTLY ANDESITE FLOWS AND TUFFS BUT INCLUDE MORE SILICIC ROCKS AS WELL. MAJOR STRUCTURES IN THE AREA ARE 6 NW TRENDING SHEAR ZONES. THERE ARE MANY SMALLER FAULTS IN THE REGION. HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY IS EVIDENT IN THE DISTRICT EVEN TODAY WITH THE GEYSERS. CINNABAR IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH OPAL AND CHALCEDONY AT SOME PLACES WITHIN THE HYDROTHERMAL BELT BAILEY (1946) DOES NOT THINK PRESENT HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY IS RELATED TO THE MERCURY MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1850'S
Comment (Production): 4 MINES PRODUCED MOST OF THIS: CLOVERDALE, MISSOURI, GEYSER, LOST LEDGE
Comment (Workings): A REDUCTION PLANT CONSTRUCTED IN 1956 . SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS.
Comment (Workings): FIGURES REFER TO LARGEST SINGLE ORE BODY
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, P. 15-38
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): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): YATES, R. G. AND HILPERT, L. S., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN MAYACMAS 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
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