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San Mateo Co., California, USA

References

Mining and Scientific Press (1868), Quicksilver in San Mateo County (from San Mateo Gazette): Mining and Scientific Press: 16: 357.

Watts, Wm. L. (1890), Merced, Sacramento, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Stanislaus, Yolo Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 10: 324-331, 496-514, 548-566, 586-594, 604-605, 620-626, 659-671, 680-690, 773-793.

Lawson, Andrew Cowper (1895), Sketch of the geology of the San Francisco peninsula: USGS 15th. Annual Report: 411.

Haehl, Harry Lewis & Ralph Arnold (1904), The Miocene diabase of the Santa Cruz Mountains in San Mateo County, California: American Philosophical Society Proceedings: 43: 16-53.

Rogers, Austin Flint (1911a), Eglestonite from San Mateo County, California: American Journal of Science, 4th. Series: 32: 48-50.

Lawson, Andrew Cowper (1914), Description of the San Francisco district: Tamalpais, San Francisco, Concord, San Mateo, and Hayward quadrangles: USGS Geol. Atlas, San Francisco folio (No. 193), 24 pp.

Huguenin, Emile & W.O. Castello (1921), Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz Counties: California Journal of Mines and Geology; California Mining Bureau. (Report 17): 17: 17-42, 48-67, 163-165, 167-241.

Hubbard, Henry G. (1943), Manganese discovery in San Mateo County: California Division Mines Report 39: 117.

Hutton, Colin Osborne (1948), Stilpnomelane and pumpellyite, constituents of the Franciscan series (abstract): Geological Society of America Bulletin: 59: 1373-1374.

Walker, G.W. (1950), The Calera limestone, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, California: California Division Mines, Special Report 1B.

Davis, Fenelon Francis (1955), Mines and mineral resources of San Mateo County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 51: 401-458.

Darrow, Richard L. (1963), Age and structural relationships of the Franciscan formation in the Montara Mountain quadrangle, San Mateo County, California: California Division Mines and Geology, Special Report 8.

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 282, 299, 344.

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 476.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Alunite
Ammoniojarosite
Analcime
Anatase
'Apophyllite'
'Bitumen'
Buddingtonite
Calcite
Calomel
Carnotite
Celadonite
Chalcopyrite ?
Chromite
Cinnabar
Covellite ?
Dolomite
Eglestonite
Galena
Glaucophane
Gold
Gypsum
'Hornblende'
Hydromagnesite
Jarosite ?
Lawsonite
Limonite
Magnesite
Marcasite ?
Margarite
Melanophlogite
Mercury
Metacinnabar
Montmorillonite
Montroydite
Niter
Opal
Opal
var: Diatomite

'Pumpellyite'
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite ?
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
'Serpentine Group'
Silver
Terlinguaite
Titanite
Vivianite
Wattersite


48 entries listed. 40 valid minerals.

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