The Red Hill Mine is a mercury mine located in Orange county, California at an elevation of 344 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 344 Feet (105 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 33.74889, -117.79167
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Red Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Hill Mine
Secondary: Tustin
Secondary: San Joachin Ranch Mine.
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Orange
District: Tustin
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1927
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Los Angeles Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 10 LB HG/TON
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Metacinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM TO TOP OF RED HILL.
Comment (Production): LAST PRODUCED IN 1929
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.
Reference (Deposit): MERRILL, F. J. H., 1917, ORANGE COUNTY: CJMG V. 15, PART IV.
Reference (Deposit): PABST, ADOLF, 1938, MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 113.
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
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