Wall Street

The Wall Street is a mercury mine located in Lake county, California at an elevation of 2,274 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

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Site Name

Primary: Wall Street
Secondary: Nevada
Secondary: Cincinnati

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: California
County: Lake
District: East Mayacmas

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Fred Dunkin

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
Discovery Year: 1865
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: LENSES

Structure

Type: L
Description: Local Faults

Alterations

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

Rocks

Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): MOST OF THE AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY FRANCISCAN ROCKS WHICH INCLUDE SANDSTONE, SHALE, CGL, GREENSTONES AND CHERT, AND SERPENTINE. IN PLACES THE SERPENTINE HAS BEEN ALTERED TO SILICA CARBONATE ROCK. THESE ARE INTRUDED BY DIORITES AND GABBROS. OVERLYING THESE ARE THE PLIOCENE SONOMA VOLCANICS WHICH ARE MOSTLY ANDESITE FLOWS AND TUFFS BUT INCLUDE MORE SILICIC ROCKS AS WELL. MAJOR STRUCTURES IN THE AREA ARE 6 NW TRENDING SHEAR ZONES. THERE ARE MANY SMALLER FAULTS IN THE REGION. HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY IS EVIDENT IN THE DISTRICT EVEN TODAY WITH THE GEYSERS. CINNABAR IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH OPAL AND CHALCEDONY AT SOME PLACES WITHIN THE HYDROTHERMAL BELT BAILEY (1946) DOES NOT THINK PRESENT HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY IS RELATED TO THE MERCURY MINERALIZATION.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1850'S

Comment (Production): 4 MINES PRODUCED MOST OF THIS: CLOVERDALE, MISSOURI, GEYSER, LOST LEDGE

Comment (Workings): A REDUCTION PLANT CONSTRUCTED IN 1956 . SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS.

Comment (Workings): FIGURES REFER TO LARGEST SINGLE ORE BODY

References

Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LAKE COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 43, P. 15-38

Reference (Deposit): 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.

Reference (Deposit): 6) RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-558

Reference (Production): USBM DATA

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): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252

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