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Crystal Mine (Red Cloud Mine; Pacific Mine; Abbey Mine), Castle Rock Springs area, West Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Sonoma Co., California, USA

Latitude: 38°45'27"N
Longitude: 122°46'30"W

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A former Hg mine located 5.2 km (3.2 miles) WSW of Castle Rock Springs.

Mineralization is hosted in serpentinite.

Local structures include a serpentine-sandstone contact.

Production data are found in: U.S. Bureau of Mines file data.

Mineral List

Cinnabar

1 entry listed. 1 valid mineral.

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References

Bradley, W.W. (1918), Quicksilver resources of California, with a section on metallurgy and ore dressing: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 78, 389 pp.

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.

Honke, Martin T., Jr. & Wm. E. Ver Planck, Jr. (1950), Mines and mineral resources of Sonoma County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 46(1): 98-105.

Holmes, Jr., G.W. (1965), Mercury in California: in: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8252.

Bailey, E.H., USGS, personal files.

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