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Shale from
Bunker Road tunnel (Unspecified road tunnel), Fort Barry, Marin County, California, USA


Locality type:Tunnel
Classification
Type:Shale
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Shale data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bunker Road tunnel (Unspecified road tunnel), Fort Barry, Marin County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1206339
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1206339:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Shale
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘSausalito Road Quarry, Sausalito, Marin County, California, USA
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘRed Rock Island deposit, Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, USA
16.8km (10.4 miles) ⓘMcKinnan Gulch prospect, Bolinas Ridge, Stinson Beach, Marin County, California, USA
28.3km (17.6 miles) ⓘLeona Mine (Leona Heights Mine), Leona Heights deposit, Leona Heights, Oakland, Oakland Hills (San Leandro Hills), Alameda County, California, USA
34.8km (21.6 miles) ⓘPort Costa Shale Quarries, Port Costa, Contra Costa County, California, USA
41.3km (25.7 miles) ⓘBrownlie Mine (Brownlie property), Sulfur Springs Mountain, Vallejo, Solano County, California, USA
44.5km (27.7 miles) ⓘGambonini Mine (Turner and Mc Farland Mine; Buena Suerte Mine), M. Gambonini Ranch, Millerton, Marin County, California, USA
57.5km (35.7 miles) ⓘNiles Canyon Road pit (Niles Canyon Quarry), Brightside, Alameda County, California, USA
59.0km (36.7 miles) ⓘUnnamed stone occurrence [4], Sunol, Alameda County, California, USA
76.3km (47.4 miles) ⓘKelly Mine, Mendenhall Springs, Livermore Mining District (Tesla District), Alameda County, California, USA
References
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 62.
 
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