The Archer Mine is a mercury mine located in Fresno county, California at an elevation of 3,501 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: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 36.3075, -120.55667
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Archer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Archer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Fresno
District: New Idria
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Ed Pales And Robert Stoker
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: Thru 1960
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10-20 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
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: L
Description: Panoche-Serpentine Contact
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Induration Of Panoche Sediments
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ORE RESERVES PROBABLY SMALL
Comment (Development): DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1953
Comment (Deposit): ORE FOUND IN SHEAR ZONES 1 TO 15 FT THICK
Comment (Geology): SILICA CARBONATE ROCK NOT IMPORTANT IN THIS MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): 6) LOGAN, C.A., BRAUN, L.T., AND VERNON, J.W., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FRESNO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 47, P. 510-511
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
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. 353-558
Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, E. B. AND MYERS, W. B., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT, SAN BENITO AND FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 81 - 124
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
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