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Map Satellite This area is primarily chaparral and contains at least one rare plant, Hesperolinon adenophyllum. Nearby, the rare Parvisedum leiocarpum is found.
Of particular interest are the springs that occur here. The springs (17° C or 63° F) are slightly acidic, pH 6.47, and are discharging from silica-carbonate rock contiguous to a lixardite-crysotile type serpentine, creating an opaline silica. The deposits formed by the spring are amphorous ferric hydroxide .
Integrity: There are buildings and roads in the area but the springs are virtually undisturbed.
Use: Private
Ref: Barnes, I., et al, 1973. Silica-Carbonate Alteration of Serpentine: Wall Rock Alteration in Mercury Deposits of the California Coast Ranges. Economic Geology Vol. 68, No. 3, pp. 388-398.
February 1977
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2008 Steven Louis Hartman
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