The Culver Baer is a mercury mine located in Sonoma county, California at an elevation of 2,402 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.78083, -122.81778
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Culver Baer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Culver Baer
Secondary: Lost Ledge
Secondary: Oakland
Secondary: Geyser
Secondary: Missouri
Secondary: Clyde
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Sonoma
District: West Mayacmas
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Buckman Laboratories
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: To 1960
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3-20 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1874
Discovery Year: 1872
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Minor Faults Trending Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): OLD WORKINGS LARGELY INACCESSIBLE
References
Reference (Deposit): 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
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN MAYACMAS DISTRICT, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 199 - 230
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