Wall Springs

The Wall Springs is a mercury mine located in Sonoma 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

Name: Wall Springs  

State:  California

County:  Sonoma

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 38.51056, -122.89889

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Wall Springs MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Wall Springs


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: California
County: Sonoma
District: Guerneville


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED AT CENTER OF SECTION


References

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252

Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CJMG BULL. 78, 389 P.

Reference (Deposit): FORSTNER, W., 1908, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA, CDMG BULL. 27, 270 P.

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


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