Mine detail: Gambonini

Previously called 'Turner and Mc Farland'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.16989, -122.78024

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Orebody form: PODS
Discovery year: 1945

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite,Shale,Sandstone
Structure:Local Fractures
Alteration processes:Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

References

MRDSM055737
DEP10040862
Reference{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: VER PLANCK, W. E., 1955, MINES, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 51, P. 221 - 289}{Deposit:: WEAVER, C.E., 1949, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AN AREA NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIF.: CDM BULL. 149, P. 98-104}{Deposit:: 1945 DIREXPL CORDERO MINING COMPAN}{Production:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.