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Sonoma Mine (Mount Jackson, Great Eastern, and Roaring Lion)

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214375
MRDS ID 0060970
MAS/MILS ID 0060970151
Record type Site
Current site name Sonoma Mine (Mount Jackson, Great Eastern, and Roaring Lion)
Alternate or previous names Sonoma Mine, Mt. Jackson

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.98025, 38.54368 (WGS84)
Elevation 146
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position Mine labeled on Guerneville 24k topo.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sonoma(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Guerneville(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 008 N 010 W 16 NWNWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Chromite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Opal Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Upper Jur Franciscan, Sandstone, Shale, Chert, Greenstone, Serpentine
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.98025, 38.54368
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Faults

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 480M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820524
  • Area 13HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 13
    Date of Last Modification 910418
  • General form PIPES, TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 167.64M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Control, Particularly Intersections Of Two Or More Fault Sets

Comments on the geologic information

  • PIPE-LIKE BODY HAS NO STRIKE AND DIPS 75 DEGREES NORTH. DENSITY ESTIMATED FROM LIKE MATERIAL CHARTS.
  • Regional Structure: Wnw Trending Fault Zone, N And E Trending High Angle Faults, Other Fault Sets Striking Nw And Ne.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1875
Production years 1875-1908, 1914-1919, 1937-1938, 1940-1949

Comments on exploration

  • 1956 DIREXPL DMEA EXPLORED GEOLOGICALLY FAVORABLE STRUCTURES AND FOUND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OR [copied from deleted record 10040853]

Mining district

District name Guerneville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Piombo Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sonoma Quicksilver Mines
    Home office 58 Sutter St., San Franciso, CA
    Year 1950

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Description 471
  • Year 1908
    Description 72
  • Year 1914
    Description 10
  • Year 1915
    Description 51
  • Year 1917
    Description 223
  • Year 1918
    Description 45
  • Year 1937
    Description 9
  • Year 1938
    Description 5
  • Year 1940
    Description 8
  • Year 1941
    Description 2128
  • Year 1942
    Description 2273
  • Year 1943
    Description 161
  • Year 1944
    Description 2715
  • Year 1945
    Description 3196
  • Year 1946
    Description 2905
  • Year 1947
    Description 4019
  • Year 1948
    Description 4247
  • Year 1949
    Description 3945
  • Year 1950
    Description 2920
  • Year 1951
    Description 2614
  • Year 1952
    Description 2534
  • Year 1953
    Description 16
  • Year 1954
    Description 2560
  • Year 1955
    Description 2031
  • Year 1956
    Description 271
  • Year 1957
    Description 1325
  • Year 1958
    Description 4423
  • Year 1959
    Description 3110
  • Year 1960
    Description 3554
  • Year 1961
    Description 2078
  • Year 1962
    Period to 1962
    Material Grade ~2-20 lb/ton
    Accuracy Estimate
  • Year 1962
    Description 743
  • Year 1964
    Description 263
  • Year 1965
    Description 1424
  • Year 1966
    Description 2338
  • Year 1967
    Description 2422
  • Year 1968
    Description 2116
  • Year 1969
    Description 2009
  • Year 1970
    Description 2021
  • Year 1971
    Description 1950
  • Year 1973
    Description Production Of Mercury In 76 Pound Flasks 365
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 76FLASKS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 427M
    Overall depth 480M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Percent Waste Rock 10
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Slope of Inclines 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 85
    Number of Adits 5
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    2nd Condition of Workings SEALED
    3rd Condition of Workings BAD AIR
    Capacity 92.7
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 41.69
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1982
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4465.32M
    Overall depth 274.32M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARCLAY, A., 1927, MOUNT JACKSON MINE: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 4 P.

  • Deposit

    Honke, M.T., Jr., and Ver Palnck, W.E., Jr., 1950, Mines and mineral resources of Sonoma Coutny, California: California Bureau of Mines and Geology v. 46, no. 1, p. 83-141.

  • Deposit

    BEATTY, W. B., 1967, OUTLOOK FOR MERCURY IN THE WESTERN STATES: PACIFIC SOUTHWEST MINERAL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE PAPER, 8 P.

  • Deposit

    Myers, W.B., and Everhart, D.L., 1948, Quicksilver deposits of the Guerneville district, Sonoma County, California: California Bureau of Mines and Geology v. 44, no. 3, p. 253-277.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU Bulletin 78, 389 p.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA DIV. OF MINES, 1957, MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE-MERCURY: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 10, NO. 11, 7 P.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1884, TWELFTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU REPORT N. 12, P. 371

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING JOURNAL REPORT N. 13, P. 601-603.

  • Deposit

    DAVIS, F. F., 1957, MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA, MERCURY: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULL. 176, P. 341-356.

  • Deposit

    EVANS, J. R., 1981, MOUNT JACKSON (GREAT EASTERN-ROARING LION) QUICKSILVER MINE: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY UNPUBLISHED REPORT N. 87, 12 P.

  • Deposit

    HAMILTON, F., 1915, MOUNT JACKSON QUICKSILVER MINING COMPANY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU REPORT N. 14.

  • Deposit

    HARDER, R., 1982, MT. JACKSON MINE: CONFIDENTIAL PIOMBO CORPORATION COMPANY DATA AND PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, W., JR., 1888, EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 633.

  • Deposit

    JORALEMON, P., 1964, SANOMA INTERNATIONAL, MT. JACKSON MINE: SANOMA INTERNATIONAL UNPUBLISHED PROPERTY REPORT, 15 P.

  • Deposit

    MEYERS, W. B. AND EVERHART, D. L., 1948, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE GUERNEVILLE DISTRICT SANOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 44, N. 3, P. 253-277.

  • Deposit

    PENNINGTON, J. W., 1959, MERCURY, A MATERIALS SURVEY: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7941, P. 14 AND 52-53.

  • 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

    SANOMA COUNTY ASSESSOR, 1981, ASSESSOR'S OWNERSHIP PARCEL MAP: SANOMA COUNTY ASSSSOR, MAPS 1 AND 2.

  • Deposit

    SANOMA MINES INC., 1970, 30TH ANNUAL REPORT: SANOMA MINES INC., 12 PP.

  • Deposit

    SHEPPARD, E. P., 1956, ORE RESERVES OF THE SANOMA QUICKSILVER MINES, INC., SANOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: BLACK MAMMOTH CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., 18 P.

  • Deposit

    STRUTZEL, J. J., 1959, MT. JACKSON EVALUATION: SANOMA QUICKSILVER MINES INC. PROPERTY REPORT, 6 PP.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1982, MERCURY PRODUCTION RECORDS: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES WESTERN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1982, MOUNT JACKSON MINE EVALUATION BACK-UP FILE, U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, WESTERN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY POTENTIAL IN THE UNITED STATES: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 121-122.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES AND U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1980, PRINCIPLES OF A RESOURCE/RESERVE CLASSIFICATION FOR MINERALS: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 831, 5 P.

  • Deposit

    U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 1959, DEFENSE MINERALS EXAMINATION ADMINISTRATION (DMEA REPORT): U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF MINERALS EXPLORATION, CONFIDENTIAL FILE.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POOR ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THIS PROPERTY IS DUE TO MINIMAL RESERVES BLOCKED OUT. RENEWED OPERATIONS WOULD PROBABLY LOCATE MORE RESOURCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Sweeney, Thomas M. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 12-NOV-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records 10040853 and 10141506
Reporter 01-JUL-76 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey old MRDS M055728 = newMRDS 10040853
Reporter 08-JUN-84 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 006090150 = 10141506.

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