West Mayacmas District Report

Producer in Sonoma county in California, United States with commodities Mercury, Chromium
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 60000984
MRDS ID M055694
Record type District
Current site name West Mayacmas District Report

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.60106, 38.19989 (WGS84)
Relative position Found San Francisco, California and approximated a location about 50 miles north on the boarder of Sonoma county.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sonoma(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petaluma River(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 Sonoma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Chromium Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICA CARBONATE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.60106, 38.19989

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description THE MAJOR SHEAR ZONES, CHANGES IN ATTITUDE OF A FAULT OR SPLITS IN A FAULT
Type of structure Regional
Structure description NW STRIKE OF FRANCISCAN ROCKS AND DIP STEEPLY NE, NW TRENDING FAULT ZONES

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 1861

Mining district

District name WEST MAYACMAS DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HONKE, M. J., JR., AND VER PLANCK, W. E., JR., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 46, P. 98 - 105

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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