Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSES
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
GangueMagnesite
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
StructureSerpentine - Sandstone Contact
AlterationSilica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10040839
MRDS IDM055714
Alternate namesDouble Star, B & M
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.72849, -122.73413
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, CALIF: CJMG, V. 46, P. 98-105