The Adobe is a mercury mine located in Stanislaus county, California at an elevation of 1,749 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: 1,749 Feet (533 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.39806, -121.38639
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Adobe MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Adobe
Secondary: Stanislaus
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Stanislaus
District: Del Puerto
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Paul Gerber
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4-10 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Local Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED TO CENTER OF SECTION BOUNDARY
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS NOW INACCESSIBLE . MINE ABANDONED BEFORE 1951
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
Reference (Deposit): 5) FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 207 P.
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): CHARLES, A., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF STANISLAUS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 96 - 98
Reference (Deposit): 6) HAWKES, H.E., JR., WELLS, F.G., AND WHEELER, D.P. JR., 1942, CHROMITE AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE DEL PUERTO AREA, STANISLAUS COUNTY, CALIF.: USGS BULL. 936-D, P. 79-110
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