The New Idria - Molina Mine is a mercury mine located in San Benito county, California at an elevation of 3,848 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: 3,848 Feet (1,173 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 36.39833, -120.66389
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New Idria - Molina Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Idria - Molina Mine
Secondary: Molino
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: San Benito
District: New Idria
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: New Idria Quicksilver Mining Co.
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1880
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: N70w Coalinga Anticline New Idria Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: Tear Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Induration Of Panoche Sediments
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Ore: Metacinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): DIMENSIONS ARE FOR LARGEST ORE BODY
Comment (Production): CONSIDERED PART OF NEW IDRIA IN PRODUCTION FIGURES
References
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.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): 1955 DIREXPL DMEA FOUND NO RESERVE
Reference (Production): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965
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