Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Mercury
Geology
Host rockSerpentinite
Structure"Serpentine - Sandstone Contact"
Alteration"Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1873, 1904, 1916 - 1917, 1939
Discovery year1873
Identification
Deposit ID10040849
MRDS IDM055724
Alternate namesSnonoma Group Prospect, New Sonoma, Old Sonoma, Sonoma Consolidated, Crown Point
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.75153, -122.76912
References
{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN MAYACMAS DISTRICT, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, no. 3, p. 199-230, pl. 29.}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.}{Deposit:: 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}{Deposit:: RANSOME, A.L. AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486}{Deposit:: CDMG BASIN PLANNING AREA 1B (197 [copied, but cut off, from deleted record 10214523 (MAS 0060970230).}