ZaratiteMendenhall No. 1 Mine, Cedar Mountain, Cedar Mountain District, Diablo Range, Alameda Co., California, USA
Photo: Dan Weinrich Latitude: 37°33'27"N
Longitude: 121°36'43"W
A former Cr mine located in the SE¼ sec. 26, T4S, R3E, MDM, 0.6 km (2,100 feet) WSW of Cedar Mountain summit, 12 miles SW of Livermore.
Mineralization is hosted in serpentinite.
Production data are found in: California Division of Mines and Geology Mineral Property Report, unpublished.
References
Rogers, Austin Flint (1912), Notes on rare minerals from California: Columbia University, School of Mines Quarterly: 33: 380.
Symons, Henry Heilbronner (1940), Quartz gem stones of California: Rocks & Minerals: 15: 41.
Walker, G.W. & .B. Griggs (1953), Chromite deposits of the southern Coast Ranges of California: California Division of Mines Bulletin 134, pt. 2, chap. 2: 51-52, Pl. 1.
Stinson, Melvin Clarence (1975) California Division of Mining and Geology Mineral Property Report (unpublished).
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 313.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 152-153, 344, 433.
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