Archer Mine

The Archer Mine is a mercury mine located in Fresno county, California at an elevation of 3,501 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: Archer Mine

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: California
County: Fresno
District: New Idria

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Ed Pales And Robert Stoker

Production

Year: 1960
Time Period: Thru 1960
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10-20 Lb/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
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: L
Description: Panoche-Serpentine Contact

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Induration Of Panoche Sediments

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ORE RESERVES PROBABLY SMALL

Comment (Development): DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1953

Comment (Deposit): ORE FOUND IN SHEAR ZONES 1 TO 15 FT THICK

Comment (Geology): SILICA CARBONATE ROCK NOT IMPORTANT IN THIS MINE

References

Reference (Deposit): 6) LOGAN, C.A., BRAUN, L.T., AND VERNON, J.W., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FRESNO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 47, P. 510-511

Reference (Production): USBM DATA

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

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

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

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