Mine detail: Union Gulch

Previously called 'BolinasChetcoPearson and Bros.'

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Location: Marin County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.97156, -122.73245
dep_id: 10030803
mrds_id: M009226
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Gere, W., Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.)
hrock_type: Sandstone
disc_yr: 1863
prod_yrs: 1863 , 1918
References:
  • Deposit:: AUBURY, L.E., 1908 ; COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 168 - 169
  • Deposit:: ERIC, J.H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 264
  • Deposit:: PLANCK, WM. E. VER., 1955 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MARIN COUNTY, CA.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 51 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 279 .
  • Production:: ERIC, J.H., 1948 .
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