Latitude: 37°55'3"N
Longitude: 121°54'22"W
An asbestos occurrence/prospects located in the SW¼SE¼ sec. 19, T1N, R1E, MDM, 3.6 km (2.3 miles) SE of Clayton. MRDS database states locality is in Russellmann Park; however, the coordinates provided map to a point N of the park.
References
Davis, Fenelon Francis and H.B. Goldman (1958) Mines and mineral resources of Contra Costa County. California Journal of Mines and Geology: 54(4): 507, Pl. 5.
Wiebelt, F.J. and Smith M.C. (1959) A reconnaissance of asbestos deposits of the serpentine belt of northern California. U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 7860, 52 pp.: 15.
Pampeyan, Earl Haig (1963), Geology and mineral deposits of Mount Diablo, Contra Costa County, California: California Division Mines & Geology, Special Report 80, 31 pp.: 21, Pl. 1.
USGS MRDS database (2005), loc. file ID #10029548.
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