Petaluma Mine (Superior Gypsum Company Mine), Red Hill, Marin Co., California, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 38° 11' 3'' North , 122° 40' 10'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 38.18417,-122.66972 |
Köppen climate type: | Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate |
A former Hg occurrence/mine located in sec. 18, T4N, R7W, MDM, 3.9 km (2.4 miles) NNE of Red Hill (coordinates of record) and 6.1 km (3.8 miles) SSW of Petaluma (Sonoma County), along the W side of Red Hill Road, S of San Antonio Creek. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 10,000 meters (sic).
Local rocks include rocks of the Franciscan melange.
Workings include unspecified surface openings. Plant includes a Gould furnace.
Commodity List
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Regional Geology
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Eocene - Late Jurassic 33.9 - 163.5 Ma ID: 3032435 | Franciscan Complex Mélange Age: Phanerozoic (33.9 - 163.5 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Franciscan Complex Description: Parts of the Franciscan are a chaotic mixture of fragmented rock masses in a sheared shaly matrix. Coherent rocks masses large enough to be shown on this map are divided into specific types. Reference: Wagner, D.L., and C.I. Gutierrez. Geologic map of the Napa 30' x 60' quadrangle, California. California Geological Survey. [138] |
Cretaceous - Jurassic 66 - 201.3 Ma ID: 2791060 | Franciscan melange Age: Mesozoic (66 - 201.3 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Franciscan Complex Description: Melange of fragmented and sheared Franciscan complex rocks. Comments: Coast Ranges. Includes areas of Franciscan rocks specifically distinguished as melange on the Geologic Map of California. Includes parts of central and eastern Franciscan belts of Blake et al. (1988) Lithology: Major:{melange} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
Jurassic 145 - 201.3 Ma ID: 2709471 | Franciscan Complex Age: Jurassic (145 - 201.3 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Franciscan Complex Description: Mélange: A tectonic mixture of variably sheared shale and sandstone containing (1) hard tectonic inclusions largely of greenstone, chert, graywacke, and their metamorphosed equivalents, plus exotic high-grade metamorphic rocks and serpentinite and (2) variably resistant masses of graywacke, greenstone, and serpentinite up to several miles in longest dimension, and including minor discrete masses of limestone too small to be shown. Blocks and resistant masses have survived the extensive shearing evident in the mélanges matrix, and range in abundance from less than 1 to 50 percent or more of the rock mass. The degree of shearing in the unit ranges from gouge to unsheared rock, with resistant masses relatively unsheared and matrix sheared. Severely sheared shale is abundant in areas where blocks are abundant. Fresh, relatively unsheared rock is hard, the larger resistant masses are pervasively fractured, and blocks are commonly tough and relatively unfractured. Sandstone is graywacke, grayish green where fresh, weathering to brown, commonly medium to coarse grained, containing abundant angular lithic grains and no detrital potassium feldspar, except rarely as much as 5 percent. Graywacke is locally veined with quartz and carbonate, and usually contains microscopic secondary pumpellyite. Topography of coherent masses resembles that of unit Kfs, whereas highly sheared matrix typically yields subdued, gently-rounded topography. Good exposures of both sheared matrix and relatively unsheared graywacke and shale occur at the crushed rock quarry just east of the intersection of State Highway 17 and U.S. Highway 101, in Greenbrae (Novato quadrangle) Reference: Blake, M.C. Jr., R.W. Graymer, and D.L. Jones. Geologic map and map database of parts of Marin, San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, and Sonoma Counties, California. U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies MF 2337. [38] |
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