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Brownlie Property

Past Producer in Solano county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040697
MRDS ID M055556
Record type Site
Current site name Brownlie Property
Alternate or previous names Brownlie Mine
Related records 10263383

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.18161, 38.12101 (WGS84)
Elevation 268
Relative position 5 MI NE OF VALLEJO, 1/2 MI W OF HASTINGS MINE

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)

San Pablo 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 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.18161, 38.12101
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Breccia Zone

Ore body information

  • General form ERRATIC POCKETS AND LENSES
    Strike NW
    Dip NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw - Trending Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1870'S

Mining district

District name Sulfur Springs Mountain (Vallejo)

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED LESS THAN 100 FL IN 1960

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.

  • Deposit

    5) MINERALS YEARBOOKS, 1959-1973, USBM

  • Production

    HOLMES, USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS, 1959-1973, USBM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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