East Mayacmas District Report

Producer in Napa county in California, United States with commodities Mercury, Chromium, Copper, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000983
MRDS ID M055652
Record type District
Current site name East Mayacmas District Report

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.30105, 38.19989 (WGS84)
Relative position Found San Francisco, California and approximated a location about 70 miles north in Napa county.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Napa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cuttings Wharf(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Napa
United States California Lake

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Chromium Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) KAOLINIZATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.30105, 38.19989

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description LOCAL FAULTS TRENDING NW, LITHOLOGIC CONTACTS
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Anticline
Structure description NW TRENDING ANTICLINE (MAYACMAS ANTICLINE)

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1850
Year of first production 1864

Mining district

District name EAST MAYACMAS DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YATES, R. G. AND HILPERT, L. S., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN MAYACMAS DISTRICT, LAKE AND NAPA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42 P. 231 - 286

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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