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Mercury from
Socrates Mine, Castle Rock Springs area, West Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Sonoma Co., California, USA

Description
Comments:Principle ore mineral here.
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Aubury, Lewis E. (1903), The quicksilver resources of California: California Mining Bureau Bulletin 27: 115; Bradley, W.W. (1918), Quicksilver resources of California, with a section on metallurgy and ore dressing: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 78, 389 pp.: 191, 193, 195; 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: 216; Mineralogical Record (1989) 20: 129-142.
Associated minerals:
Associates:Eglestonite
Montroydite
Tiemannite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mercury data
Locality Data:Click here to view Socrates Mine, Castle Rock Springs area, West Mayacmas District, Mayacmas Mts (Mayacamas Mts), Sonoma Co., California, USA
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