Mine detail: New Idria - Molina Mine

Previously called 'Molino'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.39827, -120.66488

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Dolomite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1941

Geology

Host type:	Serpentinite,Sandstone
Structure:	N70w Coalinga Anticline New Idria Thrust Fault, Tear Fault Zone
Alteration processes:	Induration Of Panoche Sediments

References

MRDS	M055792
DEP	10040907
Reference	{Deposit:: ECKEL, E. B. AND MYERS, W. B., 1946, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT, SAN BENITO AND FRESNO COUNTIES, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, P. 81 - 124.}{Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: 1955 DIREXPL DMEA FOUND NO RESERVE}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.