Stayton

The Stayton is a mercury mine located in Merced county, California at an elevation of 2,759 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: Stayton

Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Antimony

Location

State: California
County: Merced
District: Stayton

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: R. B. Knox

Production

Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2-40 Lb/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1876
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

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: Parallel Fractures

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization Of The Basalt

Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Workings): OLD WORKINGS LARGELY INACCESSIBLE

Comment (Commodity): FIRST MINED FOR ANTIMONY

References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H. AND MYERS, W.B., 1942, QUICKSILVER AND ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF THE STAYTON DISTRICT, CALIF.: USGS BULL. 931-Q, P. 405-434

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

Reference (Deposit): 5) LEITH, C.J., 1949, GEOLOGY OF THE QUIEN SABE QUADRANGLE, CALIF.: CDM BULL. 147, P. 33-34

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

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

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

Reference (Production): USBM DATA

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