Latitude: 38°49'31"N
Longitude: 122°20'20"W
A former Hg mine located in secs. 6 & 7, T11N, R4W, MDM, 0.3 km (900 feet) S of Knoxville, close to the Lake County line.
NOTE: Dana 6: 63 places this mine in Lake Co., which is in error.
Mineralization is a Hg deposit which lies on the Knoxville Fault at a contact of serpentine, shale and sandstone in the lower part of the Great Valley sequence.
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27 entries listed. 24 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 1 type locality (other).
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References
Durand, F.E. (1873), Note on crystals of quartz of a red color by the interposition of cinnabar: California Academy of Science Proceedings: 4: 211.
Durand, F.E. (1873), Description of a new mineral from the New Almaden mine: California Academy of Science Proceedings: 4: 218.
Durand, F.E. (1873), Notes on the crystallization of metacinnabarite: California Academy of Science Proceedings: 4: 219-220.
Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp. (includes catalog of minerals of California pp. 63-410), and miscellaneous observations on mineral products): 261, 289.
Becker, George F. (1888b), Geology of the quicksilver deposits of the Pacific slope: USGS Monograph 13, atlas: 274, 285-289, 389, 486.
Friedrich, James J. (1888), Stalactitic melanterite and other minerals from California: New York Academy of Science Transactions: 8: 22.
Melville, William Harlow & Waldemar Lindgren (1890), Contributions to the mineralogy of the Pacific coast: USGS Bulletin 61, 40pp.: 23, 24.
Dana, E.S. (1892) System of Mineralogy, 6th. Edition, New York: 63, 966, 1096.
Eakle, Arthur Starr (1901), Mineralogical notes; with chemical analyses by W.T. Schaller: University of California, Department of Geological Science Bulletin: 2: 322.
Eakle, Arthur Starr (1903a), Palacheite: University of California, Department of Geological Science Bulletin: 3: 231-236.
Eakle, Arthur Starr (1903b), Note on the identity of palacheite and botryogen: American Journal of Science, 4th. Series: 16: 379-380.
Hanks, Henry Garber (1905), Notes on “aragotite,” a rare California mineral: Royal Micr. Soc. Jour., 1905: 673-676.
Kramm, H.E. (1910), Serpentines of the central Coast Ranges of California: American Philosophical Society Proceedings: 49: 315-349; […(abstract): Science, new series: 32: 31 (1910); …Geological Society of America Bulletin: 21: 793 (1910)]: 345.
Bradley, W.W. (1918), Quicksilver resources of California, with a section on metallurgy and ore dressing: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 78, 389 pp.: 86.
Rogers, Austin Flint (1931b), Castanite, a basic ferric sulphate from Knoxville, California: American Mineralogist: 16: 396-404.
Bandy, Mark C. (1932), Castanite from Chuquicamata, Chile: American Mineralogist: 17: 534-537.
Ransome, Alfred Leslie & J.L. Kellogg (1939), Quicksilver resources of California: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 35): 35: 410.
Averitt, Paul (1945), Quicksilver deposits of the Knoxville district, Napa, Yolo, and Lake Counties, California: California Journal of Mines & Geology, California Division Mines (Report 42): 42: 78-81, 88.
Whitmore, D.R.E., et al (1946), Chrome micas: American Mineralogist: 31: 21.
Rocks & Minerals (1947): 22: 615.
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 216, 465, 529, 614, 618.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 83, 97, 112, 119, 149, 156, 159, 165, 178, 186, 220, 247, 254-255, 258, 262, 267, 304, 314, 350, 382.
Gamble, G.F. (1982), Present owner of the Knoxville Mine (oral communications)
Guinivere, R. (1982), VP, Engineering, Homestake Mining Co., San Francisco, California (Oral communications) [ to whom ??]
Homestake Mining Company and D'Appoloria (1982), McLaughlin project - Proposed Gold Mine and Mineral Extraction Facility: Project Description and Environmental Assessment: 3-19.
Vredenburgh,L.M. (1982), Tertiary Gold-bearing Mercury Deposits of the Coast Ranges of California: California Geology: 35(2): 23.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 74, 118, 130, 197, 264, 266, 271, 273, 275, 278,
Encyclopedia of Minerals, 2nd. edition: 134.
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