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Altamont Copper Group

Occurrence in Sonoma county in California, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040856
MRDS ID M055731
Record type Site
Current site name Altamont Copper Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.99079, 38.45127 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sonoma(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Meeker(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Napa(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 007N 010W 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED TO CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.99079, 38.45127
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guerneville

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Florence M. Button

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.

  • 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.

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Authoritative California resources

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