Mine detail: Cloverdale

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Location: Sonoma County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.82571, -122.86969
dep_id: 10040826
mrds_id: M055701
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Mercury
work_type: Surface/Underground
conc_proc: Replacement And Open Space Filling By Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Lithology, Bedding Attitude - Nearly Horizontal
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Franciscan Complex
hrock_type: Chert
Structure: Fractures In Chert
Year first produced: 1875
disc_yr: 1863
prod_yrs: 1875 - 1881, 1901 - 1925, 1927 - 1938, 1940 - 1943
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, P. 199 - 230
  • Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
  • Deposit:: 5) 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:: 6) RANSOME, A.L., AND KELLOGG, J.L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 35, P. 353-486
  • Deposit:: 7) ROSS, C.P., 1940, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAYACMAS AND SULFUR BANK DISTRICTS, CALIF.: USGS BULL. 922-L, P. 327-353
  • Production:: USBM DATA
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