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East Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Lake Co., California, USA

A Hg mining area located along the Lake County western border with Sonoma County. A portion of the district is located in the NW tip of Napa County.

Mineral List

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Anorthite
Aragonite
'Asbestos'
Azurite
Calcite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chert'
Chromite
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
'Clay'
Cordierite
Dolomite
Epsomite
Glaucophane
Idrialite
Jamesonite
'Limonite'
Magnesiochromite
Magnesite
Malachite
Marcasite
Mercury
Metacinnabar
Millerite
Opal
Pectolite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Quartz
Sassolite
'Serpentine Group'
Tiemannite
Wollastonite


37 entries listed. 30 valid minerals.

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References

Becker, George F. (1888b), Geology of the quicksilver deposits of the Pacific slope: USGS Monograph 13, atlas: 351-362.

Yates, Robert G. & Lowell S. Hilpert (1946), Quicksilver deposits of eastern Mayacmas district, Lake and Napa Counties, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division of Mines (Report 42): 42: 231-286.

White, D.E. (1967) Mercury and base-metal deposits with associated thermal and mineral waters. In: H.L. Barnes (Editor), Geochemistry of hydrothermal ore deposits. Holt Reinhart and Winston, New York: 589.

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 116, 356.

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