Red Rock

The Red Rock is a mercury mine located in Santa Barbara county, California at an elevation of 2,999 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

Name: Red Rock

State:  California

County:  Santa Barbara

Elevation: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 34.72194, -119.91194

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Red Rock MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Red Rock
Secondary: Eagle
Secondary: Cachuma Eaglemerchrome


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: California
County: Santa Barbara
District: Cachuma


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Unknown


Ownership

Owner Name: National Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1946 -


Production

Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2-10 Lb/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1867
Discovery Year: 1867
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Los Angeles Ranges
Physiographic Detail: San Rafael Swell


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR, PIPE, TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw Fault Dipping Steeply. Other Sets Also Under Knoxville

Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Faults Intersecting With N Trending Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine


Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Dickite
Gangue: Chromite


Comments

Comment (Workings): 6 ORE BODIES CONSTITUTE THE MINE. WORKINGS LARGELY INACCESSIBLE

Comment (Geology): THERE ARE 3 SETS OF MINERALIZED FAULTS. HOST ROCKS WERE LISTED AS KNOXVILLE. FRANCISCAN COMPLEX CONSISTS OF SANDSTONES, SHALES, CHERT, GREENSTONE, AND SERPENTINE. MIOCENE MONTEREY SHALES AND LIMESTONES ARE PRESENT.

Comment (Development): RECOMMENDED DMEA CONTRACT BE DENIED IN 1958


References

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252

Reference (Deposit): EVERHART, D.L., 1950, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CACHUMA DISTRICT, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CJMG V. 46, P. 509-532

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.

Reference (Production): USBM DATA


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