The Red Rock is a mercury mine located in Santa Barbara county, California at an elevation of 2,999 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: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 34.72194, -119.91194
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Red Rock MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Rock
Secondary: Eagle
Secondary: Cachuma Eaglemerchrome
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Santa Barbara
District: Cachuma
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: National Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1946 -
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2-10 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1867
Discovery Year: 1867
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Los Angeles Ranges
Physiographic Detail: San Rafael Swell
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, PIPE, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw Fault Dipping Steeply. Other Sets Also Under Knoxville
Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Faults Intersecting With N Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Dickite
Gangue: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 6 ORE BODIES CONSTITUTE THE MINE. WORKINGS LARGELY INACCESSIBLE
Comment (Geology): THERE ARE 3 SETS OF MINERALIZED FAULTS. HOST ROCKS WERE LISTED AS KNOXVILLE. FRANCISCAN COMPLEX CONSISTS OF SANDSTONES, SHALES, CHERT, GREENSTONE, AND SERPENTINE. MIOCENE MONTEREY SHALES AND LIMESTONES ARE PRESENT.
Comment (Development): RECOMMENDED DMEA CONTRACT BE DENIED IN 1958
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): EVERHART, D.L., 1950, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CACHUMA DISTRICT, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CJMG V. 46, P. 509-532
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): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
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