Claims

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030802
MRDS ID M009225
Record type Site
Current site name Claims
Related records 10236589

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -122.72126, 38.07294 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marin(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Geronimo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Napa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomales-Drake Bays(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 001N 008W 05,06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -122.72126, 38.07294

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THESE CLAIMS ARE IN OUTCROP OF MONTEREY FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DOM QUICKSILVER MAP, NO. 1, 1939

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 51, NO. 3, P. 262, PL. 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THOUGH MERCURY IS SHOWN AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ON DOM QUICKSILVER MAP, THERE IS NO OTHER REPORT AND ITS PRESENCE IS VERY DOUBTFUL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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.