The Crystal is a mercury mine located in Sonoma county, California at an elevation of 2,349 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: 2,349 Feet (716 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.7575, -122.77500
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Crystal MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crystal
Secondary: Pacific
Secondary: Red Cloud
Secondary: Abbey
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Sonoma
District: West Mayacmas
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: P. G. Cox
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1877
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Serpentine - Sandstone Contact
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Development): DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1957 DUE TO LACKOF ORE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS LARGELY INACCESSIBLE. DIMENSIONS ARE FOR LARGEST BODY OF ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): 5) 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
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.
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