MercurySocrates Mine, Castle Rock Springs area, West Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts, Sonoma Co., California, USA
Photo: RWMW Latitude: 38°45'47"N
Longitude: 122°45'29"W
A former Hg mine located in secs. 32 & 33, T11N, R8W, MDM, 3.6 km (2.2 miles) W of Castle Rock Springs and about 8 miles W of Middletown.
This was the third richest mine in the district.
References
Becker, George F. (1888b), Geology of the quicksilver deposits of the Pacific slope: USGS Monograph 13, atlas: 377.
Aubury, Lewis E. (1903), The quicksilver resources of California: California Mining Bureau Bulletin 27: 115.
Bradley, W.W. (1918), Quicksilver resources of California, with a section on metallurgy and ore dressing: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 78, 389 pp.: 193, 195.
Ross, C.P. (1940b) Quicksilver deposits of the Mayacmas and Sulphur Bank districts, California. USGS Bulletin 922-L: 330.
Bailey, Edgar H. (1946), Quicksilver deposits of the western Mayacmas district, Sonoma County, California: California Journal of Mines & Geology, California Division Mines (Report 42): 42: 199-230.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 261, 274, 367.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 124, 181, 197, 295.
Mineralogical Record (1989) 20: 129-142.
Cooper, Fen (2002) Mineral News: 18(10): 1-8.
Mineral List
18 entries listed. 15 valid minerals.
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