The New Idria - San Carlos Mine is a mercury mine located in San Benito county, California at an elevation of 4,701 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: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 36.39278, -120.65778
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New Idria - San Carlos Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Idria - San Carlos Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: San Benito
District: New Idria
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: New Idria Quicksilver Mining Co.
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1858
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: LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: N 70 W Coalinga Anticline New Idria Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: Coalinga Anticline, New Idria Thrust Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Moderately Argillized And Indurated Panoche
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): HOLMES CONSIDERS THIS PART OF NEW IDRIA MINE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED IN NEW IDRIA MINE
Comment (Deposit): AREA IS LARGE OVAL BODY OF SHEARED SERPENTINE, RIMMED BY FRANCISCAN AND OVERLAIN BY PANOCHE. STRUCTURE IS ASSYMMETRIC ANTICLINE WITH OVERTURNED BEDS AND NEW IDRIA THRUST FAULT ON NE SIDE ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H
References
Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, E. B. AND MYERS, W. B., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT SAN BENITO AND FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 81 - 124
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILES
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