Mine detail: Hastings Mine

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Location: Solano County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.11351, -122.16299
dep_id: 10040640
mrds_id: M055492
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
gangue: Pyrite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR MASSES
work_type: Unknown
alteration: Silica - Carbonate From Andesite
Reporter: Gassaway, J. S.
hrock_unit: Sedimentary Rocks
hrock_type: Carbonate
arock_unit: Andesite Dikes;Serpentine
arock_type: Serpentinite,Andesite
Structure: Thrust Fault, Breccia Zone
disc_yr: 1875
prod_yrs: 1916 - 1918, 1928 - 1930
References:
  • Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1927, SOLANO COUNTY: CJMG V. 23 NO. 2.
  • Deposit:: BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 78.
  • Production:: USBM DATA
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