Adobe

The Adobe is a mercury mine located in Stanislaus county, California at an elevation of 1,749 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: Adobe
Secondary: Stanislaus

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: California
County: Stanislaus
District: Del Puerto

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Paul Gerber

Production

Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^4-10 Lb/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1885
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Local Fractures

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED TO CENTER OF SECTION BOUNDARY

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS NOW INACCESSIBLE . MINE ABANDONED BEFORE 1951

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

References

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

Reference (Deposit): 5) FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 27, 207 P.

Reference (Production): USBM DATA

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

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): CHARLES, A., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF STANISLAUS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 96 - 98

Reference (Deposit): 6) HAWKES, H.E., JR., WELLS, F.G., AND WHEELER, D.P. JR., 1942, CHROMITE AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE DEL PUERTO AREA, STANISLAUS COUNTY, CALIF.: USGS BULL. 936-D, P. 79-110

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