The Hastings Mine is a mercury mine located in Solano county, California at an elevation of 220 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: 220 Feet (67 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.11361, -122.16194
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Hastings Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hastings Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Solano
District: Sulfur Springs Mountain (Vallejo)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Hastings (Estate)
Years: 1939 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
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: IRREGULAR MASSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault, Breccia Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica - Carbonate From Andesite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1.72% HG
Materials
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): ACID MINE WATERS ENCOUNTERED (1930) - COURT INJUNCTION CLOSED MINE (1930).
Comment (Geology): SEDIMENTS AND SERPENTINE IN BRECCIA BENEATH A THRUST FAULT. BOTH ROCKS INTRUDED BY ANDESITE DIKES
Comment (Location): LOCATION TO QUARTER CORNER
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): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1927, SOLANO COUNTY: CJMG V. 23 NO. 2.
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 78.
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
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