Latitude: 38°50'46"N
Longitude: 122°40'36"W
A Hg occurrence located in sec. 31, T12N, R7W, MDM, 1.4 km (4,500 feet) S of Howard Springs, on land of undetermined ownership. Another occurrence is located in sec. 33. MRDS database stated accuracy for this locality is 1,000 meters. Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area per MRDS.
Associated rocks are Upper Cretaceous marine rocks, unit 1 (Upper Great Valley Sequence)and/or rocks of the Franciscan Complex, unit 1 (Coast Ranges). NOTE: The 2 MRDS files provide seemingly conflicting data regarding associated rocks.
No record of production.
References
California Division of Mines Economic Mineral Map of California No. 1 - Quicksilver (1939).
USGS MRDS database (2005), loc. file ID #10183079 & 10092309.
Mineral List
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