The Stayton is a mercury mine located in Merced county, California at an elevation of 2,759 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: 2,759 Feet (841 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 36.91722, -121.21833
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Stayton MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stayton
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Antimony
Location
State: California
County: Merced
District: Stayton
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. B. Knox
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2-40 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1876
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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: Parallel Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization Of The Basalt
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Workings): OLD WORKINGS LARGELY INACCESSIBLE
Comment (Commodity): FIRST MINED FOR ANTIMONY
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H. AND MYERS, W.B., 1942, QUICKSILVER AND ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF THE STAYTON DISTRICT, CALIF.: USGS BULL. 931-Q, P. 405-434
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
Reference (Deposit): 5) LEITH, C.J., 1949, GEOLOGY OF THE QUIEN SABE QUADRANGLE, CALIF.: CDM BULL. 147, P. 33-34
Reference (Deposit): 6) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
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