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Rattlesnake Mine, The Geysers, West Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Sonoma Co., California, USA

Latitude: 38°45'53"N
Longitude: 122°47'25"W
A former small Hg mine located in sec. 31, T11N, R8W, MDM, 4.3 km (2.7 miles) SSE of The Geysers and 2 miles SE of the Culver-Baer Mine.

Mineralization is hosted in sandstone.

Production data are found in: USBM file data.

Mineral List

Mercury


1 entry listed. 1 valid mineral.

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References

Eggleston, Thomas (1874-75), Notes on the treatment of mercury in north California: A.I.M.E. Transactions: 3: 273-274.

Becker, George F. (1888b), Geology of the quicksilver deposits of the Pacific slope: USGS Monograph 13, atlas: 377.

Bradley, W.W. (1918), Quicksilver resources of California, with a section on metallurgy and ore dressing: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 78, 389 pp.: 192.

Ransome, Alfred Leslie & J.L. Kellogg (1939), Quicksilver resources of California: California Division Mines Report 35: 353-486.

Ross, C.P. (1940b) Quicksilver deposits of the Mayacmas and Sulphur Bank districts, California. USGS Bulletin 922-L: 330.

Bailey, Edgar H. (1946), Quicksilver deposits of the western Mayacmas district, Sonoma County, California: California Division Mines Report 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: 83-141.

Holmes, G.H. (1965) Mercury in California. US Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8252.

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

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 260.

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 124.

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