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Contra Costa Co., California, USA

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Mount Diablo Mine, Mount Diablo, Mount Diablo State Park, Clayton, Diablo Range, Contra Costa Co., California, USA

Photo: O. Dziallas

Latitude: 37°54'6"N
Longitude: 121°52'39"W

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57 entries listed. 41 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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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.

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.

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.

Laizure, Clyde McK (1927), Contra Costa, Solano Counties: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau (Report 23): 23: 2-31, 203-213.

Ross, C.P. (1940a) Quicksilver deposits of the Mount Diablo region, Contra Costa County, California. USGS Bulletin 922-B, 54 pp.

Davis, Fenelon Francis & J.W. Vernon (1951), Mines and mineral resources of Contra Costa County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 47: 561-618.

Davis, Fenelon Francis and H.B. Goldman (1958) Mines and mineral resources of Contra Costa County. California Journal of Mines and Geology: 54: 501-583.

Pampeyan, Earl Haig (1963), Geology and mineral deposits of Mount Diablo, Contra Costa County, California: California Division Mines & Geology, Special Report 80, 31 pp.

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