Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlLithology, Bedding Attitude - Nearly Horizontal
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
Geology
Host rockChert · Franciscan Complex
StructureFractures In Chert
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1875 - 1881, 1901 - 1925, 1927 - 1938, 1940 - 1943
First production1875
Discovery year1863
Identification
Deposit ID10040826
MRDS IDM055701
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.82571, -122.86969
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILESBAILEY, E. H., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN MAYACMAS DISTRICT, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 199 - 230BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.5) HONKE, M.T., JR. AND VER PLANCK, W.E., JR., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SONOMA COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 46, P. 98-1056) RANSOME, A.L., AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-4867) ROSS, C.P., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAYACMAS AND SULFUR BANK DISTRICTS, CALIF.: USGS BULL. 922-L, P. 327-353USBM DATA