Ann Belcher

Occurrence in Sonoma 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040820
MRDS ID M055695
Record type Site
Current site name Ann Belcher
Alternate or previous names Lucky Stone
Related records 10166276

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.75135, 38.74294 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MI N OF HEALDSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sonoma(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jimtown(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 010N 008W 04 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.75135, 38.74294

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name West Mayacmas

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ralph Grant

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • INACTIVE FOR MANY YEARS, WORKINGS CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN MAYACMAS DISTRICT, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 199 - 230

  • Deposit

    HONKE, M.T., JR. AND VER PLANCK, W.E., JR., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SONOMA COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 46, P. 98-105

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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