New Idria - San Carlos Mine

The New Idria - San Carlos Mine is a mercury mine located in San Benito county, California at an elevation of 4,701 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: New Idria - San Carlos Mine

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: California
County: San Benito
District: New Idria

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: New Idria Quicksilver Mining Co.
Years: 1941 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1858
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: LENS

Structure

Type: R
Description: N 70 W Coalinga Anticline New Idria Thrust Fault

Type: L
Description: Coalinga Anticline, New Idria Thrust Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Moderately Argillized And Indurated Panoche

Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): HOLMES CONSIDERS THIS PART OF NEW IDRIA MINE

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED IN NEW IDRIA MINE

Comment (Deposit): AREA IS LARGE OVAL BODY OF SHEARED SERPENTINE, RIMMED BY FRANCISCAN AND OVERLAIN BY PANOCHE. STRUCTURE IS ASSYMMETRIC ANTICLINE WITH OVERTURNED BEDS AND NEW IDRIA THRUST FAULT ON NE SIDE ; INFO.SRC : BAILEY E H

References

Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, E. B. AND MYERS, W. B., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT SAN BENITO AND FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 81 - 124

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U.S.G.S., PERSONAL FILES

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