Gambonini

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

Name: Gambonini  

State:  California

County:  Marin

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 38.17, -122.77917

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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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