The Gambonini is a mercury mine located in Marin county, California.
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
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Gambonini MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gambonini
Secondary: Turner and Mc Farland
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Marin
District: Petaluma
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Arnold Gambonini
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1945
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
Form: PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Local Fractures
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 (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MAY BE REMNANTS OF A LARGE BUT NOW ERODED DEPOSIT
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON MINE SYMBOL
References
Reference (Production): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): VER PLANCK, W. E., 1955, MINES, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 51, P. 221 - 289
Reference (Deposit): WEAVER, C.E., 1949, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AN AREA NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIF.: CDM BULL. 149, P. 98-104
Reference (Deposit): 1945 DIREXPL CORDERO MINING COMPAN
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