The Gibraltar is a mercury mine located in Santa Barbara county, California at an elevation of 1,499 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: 1,499 Feet (457 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 34.52361, -119.65667
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Gibraltar MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gibraltar
Secondary: Falcon
Secondary: Santa Ynez
Secondary: Mc Avoy - Millburn
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Santa Barbara
District: Los Prietos
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Gibraltar Mining Co.
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2-10 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Los Angeles Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Local Faults And Cross Fractures, Franciscan-Knoxville Contact
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Workings): PARTIALLY CAVED
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: STRAT. SECTION OVERTURNED AT THE MINE
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): BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486
Reference (Deposit): 5) TUCKER, W.B., 1925, MINING IN CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 21, P. 542-544
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
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