Mine detail: New Idria - Molina Mine

Previously called 'Molino'

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Location: San Benito County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.39827, -120.66488
dep_id: 10040907
mrds_id: M055792
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENSES
work_type: Underground
alteration: Induration Of Panoche Sediments
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solutions
ore_ctrl: Altered Sediments And Faults
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Serpentinite,Sandstone
Structure: N70w Coalinga Anticline New Idria Thrust Fault, Tear Fault Zone
Year first produced: 1941
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1880
References:
  • 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
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