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Great Eastern and Mount Jackson (Sonoma Quicksilver Mines), Guerneville, Sonoma Co., California, USA

REF:Deposit:: MYERS, W. B. AND EVERHART, D. L., 1948, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE GUERNEVILLE DISTRICT, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 44, P. 253 - 277
Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Deposit:: RANSOME, A. L. AND KELLOGG, J. L., 1939, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, P. 353 - 486
Deposit:: 5) BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
Deposit:: 6) HONKE, M.T., JR., AND VER PLANCK, W.E., JR., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SONOMA COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 46, P. 98-105
Deposit:: 1956 DIREXPL DMEA EXPLORED GEOLOGICALLY FAVORABLE STRUCTURES AND FOUND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OR
Production:: USBM DATA
Commodities (Major) - Mercury; (Trace) - Chromium
Development Status: Producer
Host Rock Unit: Franciscan Complex
Structure: Faults, Wnw Trending Fault Zone, N And E Trending High Angle Faults, Other Fault Sets Striking Nw And Ne.
Host Rock: Serpentinite, Sandstone, Sedimentary Breccia
Tectonic Structure: Franciscan Melange





Map Reference: 38°32'39"N , 122°58'49"W

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Mineral List:
Calcite
'Chalcedony'
Chromite
Cinnabar
Dolomite
Limonite
Magnetite
Opal
Pyrite
Quartz


10 entries listed. 8 valid minerals.

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