Mine detail: Mericoma

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.67738, -122.79524

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	PODS
Discovery year:	1903

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Serpentinite
Structure:	Sandstone - Greenstone Fault Contact
Alteration processes:	Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDS	M055723
DEP	10040848
Reference	{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{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}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.