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Mericoma

Past Producer in Sonoma county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040848
MRDS ID M055723
Record type Site
Current site name Mericoma

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.79524, 38.67738 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 8.5 MI NE OF HEALDSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sonoma(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jimtown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Russian(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sonoma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 008W 30,31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOW LOW GRADE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.79524, 38.67738
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Sandstone - Greenstone Fault Contact

Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903

Mining district

District name West Mayacmas

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. D. Topliff

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES VERY SMALL, NOT WORTH DEVELOPING

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 42.67M

Comments on development

  • DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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