Mine detail: Culver Baer

Previously called 'MissouriLost LedgeOaklandGeyserClyde'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.78071, -122.81886

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1872

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1874 - 1880, 1900 - 1908, 1910 - 1912, 1915 - 1919, 1931 - 1932, 1934 - 1947, 1949
First production started:	1874

Geology

Host rock:	Franciscan Complex
Host type:	Serpentinite
Structure:	Minor Faults Trending Nw
Alteration processes:	Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDS	M055699
DEP	10040824
Reference	{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, P. 199 - 230}{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}{Production:: USBM DATA}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.