Hastings Mine

Past Producer in Solano county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040640
MRDS ID M055492
Record type Site
Current site name Hastings Mine
Related records 10190439

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.16299, 38.11351 (WGS84)
Elevation 67
Relative position 4 - 1/2 MI NE OF VALLEJO, BY STRAIGHT LINE; 7 MI BY ROAD N OF BENICIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Solano(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Benicia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Napa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Suisun Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Solano

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 003W 11;14 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO QUARTER CORNER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silica - Carbonate From Andesite

Analytical data

Result 1.72% HG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Andesite Dikes;Serpentine
    Rock description Andesite Dikes;Serpentine
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Rock unit name Sedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Sedimentary Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.16299, 38.11351

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault, Breccia Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR MASSES
    Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Width 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTS AND SERPENTINE IN BRECCIA BENEATH A THRUST FAULT. BOTH ROCKS INTRUDED BY ANDESITE DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Production years 1916 - 1918, 1928 - 1930

Mining district

District name Sulfur Springs Mountain (Vallejo)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hastings (Estate)
    First year 1939

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 335.28M
    Overall depth 34.14M

Comments on development

  • ACID MINE WATERS ENCOUNTERED (1930) - COURT INJUNCTION CLOSED MINE (1930).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1927, SOLANO COUNTY: CJMG V. 23 NO. 2.

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 78.

  • Production

    USBM DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative California resources

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