Petaluma Mine

Producer in Marin county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163878
MAS/MILS ID 0060410069
Record type Site
Current site name Petaluma Mine
Alternate or previous names Superior Gypsum Co

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -122.67076, 38.18409 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marin(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petaluma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Napa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pablo Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Marin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 N 007 W 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -122.67076, 38.18409

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PLANT- TYPE=GOULD FURNACE

  • Deposit

    E/MJ INTRNTNL DRCTRY OF MNNG 1975 PAGE 138 (FAIR)

  • Deposit

    2 MINE-PETALUMA CAL TL 415-663-136

  • Deposit

    2150 FRANKLIN ST OAKLAND CA 9461?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.