Mine detail: Challenge

Previously called 'Farm Hill No. 2Redwood City'

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Location: San Mateo County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.44574, -122.25048
dep_id: 10040863
mrds_id: M055738
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
alteration: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Franciscan Complex
hrock_type: Serpentinite
Year first produced: 1955
References:
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
  • Deposit:: DAVIS, F.F., 1955, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN MATEO COUNTY, CALIF.: CJMG, V. 51, P. 413-414
  • Production:: USBM DATA
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