Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
StructureSerpentine - Sandstone Contact
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine, Bleaching Of Sandstone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1860
Identification
Deposit ID10040830
MRDS IDM055705
Alternate namesFlagstaff
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.7671, -122.76524
References
HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252BAILEY, 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.HONKE, M.T., JR. AND VER PLANCK, W.E., JR., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SONOMA COUNTY CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 46, P. 98-1055) RANSOME A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486HOLMES, 1965