Red Elephant

The Red Elephant is a mercury mine located in Lake county, California at an elevation of 2,201 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Red Elephant

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: California
County: Lake
District: Knoxville

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Gradina, Z.

Production

Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10 Lb/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
Discovery Year: 1898
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

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Local Shear

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Marcasite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS NOW CAVED AND FLOODED

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): AVERITT, P., 1945, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE KNOXVILLE DISTRICT, NAPA, YOLO, AND LAKE COUNTIES, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 41, P. 65-89

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 (Production): USBM DATA

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