Trask, John Boardman (1854), Report on the geology of the Coast mountains and part of the Sierra Nevada: California Legislature, 5th. session, Ap. to Jour., S. Doc. 9, 95 pp.: 56

Trask, John Boardman (1855), (Extracts from) Geology of California, appendix in F.S. Marryat, Mountains and molehills: 383-393, New York and London, 1855: 388

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 258

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘ	Melanterite	7.CB.35	Fe²⁺(H₂O)₆SO₄ · H₂O

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Melanterite	Fe²⁺(H₂O)₆SO₄ · H₂O
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Melanterite	Fe²⁺(H₂O)₆SO₄ · H₂O
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Melanterite	Fe²⁺(H₂O)₆SO₄ · H₂O
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Melanterite	Fe²⁺(H₂O)₆SO₄ · H₂O

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

North America Plate

California Coast RangesAccretionary Complex
Northern California Borderland BasinsBasin
Salinia DomainDomain

Pacific PlateTectonic Plate

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References

Trask, John Boardman (1854), Report on the geology of the Coast mountains and part of the Sierra Nevada: California Legislature, 5th. session, Ap. to Jour., S. Doc. 9, 95 pp.: 56

Trask, John Boardman (1855), (Extracts from) Geology of California, appendix in F.S. Marryat, Mountains and molehills: 383-393, New York and London, 1855: 388

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 258

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