The Bella Oak is a mercury mine located in Napa county, California at an elevation of 499 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: 499 Feet (152 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.44, -122.42917
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Bella Oak MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bella Oak
Secondary: Bella Union
Secondary: Oakville
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Napa
District: Oakville
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Carolyn Landry And J.J. Cohn
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1868
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Local Faults, Shears, Rolls
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
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES ARE SMALL
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: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
Reference (Deposit): 5) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35 P. 353-486
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
Reference (Deposit): FIX, P. F. AND SWINNEY, C. M., 1949, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE OAKVILLE DISTRICT, NAPA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, P. 31 - 46
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
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