| Location: | Sonoma County, California, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.54405, -122.98136 |
| dep_id: | 10040853 |
| mrds_id: | M055728 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Mercury |
| Trace mineral: | Chromium |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Chromite, Cinnabar |
| gangue: | Calcite, Chalcedony, Dolomite, Limonite, Magnetite, Opal, Pyrite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | PIPES, TABULAR |
| work_type: | Underground |
| alteration: | Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine |
| conc_proc: | Hydrothermal Solutions |
| ore_ctrl: | Fault Control, Particularly Intersections Of Two Or More Fault Sets |
| Reporter: | Peterson, Jocelyn A. |
| hrock_unit: | Upper Jur Franciscan, Sandstone, Shale, Chert, Greenstone, Serpentine |
| hrock_type: | Serpentinite,Sandstone |
| Structure: | Wnw Trending Fault Zone, N And E Trending High Angle Faults, Other Fault Sets Striking Nw And Ne. |
| tectonic: | Franciscan Melange |
| Year first produced: | 1875 |
| disc_yr: | 1872 |
| prod_yrs: | 1875-1908, 1914-1919, 1937-1938, 1940-1949 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: MYERS, W. B. AND EVERHART, D. L., 1948, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE GUERNEVILLE DISTRICT, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 44, P. 253 - 277
- Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
- Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
- Deposit:: RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486
- Deposit:: 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
- Deposit:: 6) 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:: 1956 DIREXPL DMEA EXPLORED GEOLOGICALLY FAVORABLE STRUCTURES AND FOUND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OR
- Production:: USBM DATA
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