The Big Injun is a mercury mine located in Lake county, California at an elevation of 2,500 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: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.76278, -122.70972
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Big Injun MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Injun
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Lake
District: East Mayacmas
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. Alice Fisher Armstrong
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^8-20 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1873
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: TABULAR ()
Structure
Type: L
Description: Brecciation Of Sandstone, Serpentine - Sediment Contact
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO RESERVES INDICATED
Comment (Development): DMEA EXPLORATION PROJECT DENIED BECAUSE INFERRED RESERVES TOO SMALL
Comment (Workings): PARTIALLY INACCESSIBLE
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): YATES, R. G. AND HILPERT, L. S., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN MAYACMAS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 231 - 286
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486.
Reference (Deposit): 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OFCALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
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