Mine detail: Berkeley Hills

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Location: Alameda County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.88573, -122.26244
dep_id: 10102588
mrds_id: M004715
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper
Trace mineral: Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Pyrite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Leaching
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Gere, W., Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.)
hrock_unit: Leona Rhyolite
hrock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Hayward Fault; Two Parallel Smaller Faults With Horizontal Displacement.
prod_yrs: 1925 - 1929
References:
  • Deposit:: DAVIS, F.F., 1950 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 46 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 298
  • Deposit:: GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 ; LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53, NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 412
  • Deposit:: LAIZURE, C.V., 1929 ; SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIV.; 25TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, P. 440 .
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