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Marin Co., California, USA

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Actinolite
var: Smaragdite
Albite
Almandine
Alunogen
Ankerite
Antigorite
'Apatite'
'var: Collophane'
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
'Asphaltum'
Axinite-(Fe)
'Axinite Group'
Azurite
Baryte
'Biotite'
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysotile
Churchite-(Y)
Cinnabar
'Clay'
Clinochlore
Clinozoisite
'Coal'
'Crossite'
Cuprite
Datolite
'Diallage'
Diopside
Dolomite
Epidote
Epsomite
Erythrite
'Ferro-Actinolite-Tremolite Series
var: Nephrite'

Florencite-(Nd) (TL)
Galena
'Garnet'
Glauconite
Glaucophane
Gold
Graphite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Hematite
'Heulandite'
'Hornblende'
Hydromagnesite
Jadeite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Kyanite
Laumontite
Lawsonite (TL)
'Limonite'
Lithiophorite
Lizardite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Marcasite
Mercury
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Millerite
Muscovite
'Olivine'
Omphacite
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orthoclase
Paragonite
'Phengite'
Plumbojarosite
Prehnite
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyrophyllite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Quartz
var: Agate

var: Carnelian
var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine
var: Jasper
var: Prase
var: Rock Crystal
var: Sard
var: Smoky Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Riebeckite
Riebeckite Group
var: Crocidolite

Rutile
Scheelite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Silver
Sphalerite
Stilpnomelane
Szaibélyite
Talc
Titanite
Todorokite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Wollastonite
Zircon
Zoisite


163 entries listed. 80 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

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References

Goodyear, Watson Andrews (1890), Alameda, Colusa, Contra Costa, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Yolo Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 10: 91-95, 153-164, 165, 227-271, 299, 314, 322, 349-363, 793-794.

Ransome, Frederick Leslie (1893), The eruptive rocks of Point Bonita (Marin County, California): University of California, Department of Geol. Sci. Bulletin: 1: 71-114.

Watts, Wm. L. (1893), Alameda, Colusa, Del Norte, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, Merced, Placer, Sacramento, Santa Clara, San Joaquin, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Kern, Lake, Contra Costa, Tehama, Tulare Counties California Mining Bureau. (Report 11): 121-138, 179-199, 210-240, 249-258, 319-322, 334-336, 374-375, 394, 453-479, 485-492.

Schaller, Waldemar Theodore (1911c), Albite from lawsonite schist, Marin County: USGS Bulletin 490: 48-52.

Bradley, W.W. (1916a), Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Yolo County: California Mining Bureau. Report 14: 175-370.

Laizure, Clyde McK (1926), Marin, San Benito, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma Counties: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau (Report 22): 22: 68-93, 217-247, 314-365.

Anonymous (1951), Scheelite, Tomales Bay region, Marin Co.: California Division Mines Mineral Information Service: 4(7): 4.

Chesterman, C.W. (1951), Nephrite in Marin County, California: (abstract) Geological Society of America Bulletin: 62: 1517; […California Division Mines Special Report 10-B].

Ver Planck, Wm. E., Jr. (1955), Mines, mineral resources and mineral industries of Marin County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 51: 221-289.

Rose, Robert Leon (1962), “Franciscan” metamorphic rocks near Novato, Marin County, California (abstract): Geological Society of America Special Paper 68: 52-53.

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