Claim

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 10092342
MRDS ID M009208
Record type Site
Current site name Claim
Related records 10188396

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.60245, 37.87407 (WGS84)
Relative position MBS SAYS NOT TO BE SHOWN ON NEW MIN. MAP FOR PUBLICATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marin(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Point Bonita(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Francisco(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 001S 007W 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.60245, 37.87407

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THIS CLAIM IS IN OR NEAR OUTCROP OF FRANCISCAN.

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

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

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 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

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