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Berkeley Hills

Past Producer in Alameda county in California, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Lead
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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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102588
MRDS ID M004715
Record type Site
Current site name Berkeley Hills
Related records 10235744

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.26244, 37.88573 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR EUCLID AVE. AND CORDONICES CREEK IN BERKELEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alameda(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

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Richmond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Francisco(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 Alameda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 004W 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYRITE IS MAJOR ORE COMPONENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Leona Rhyolite
    Rock description Leona Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.26244, 37.88573
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Hayward Fault; Two Parallel Smaller Faults With Horizontal Displacement.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 5.49M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GEOLOGY SIMILAR TO LEONA HEIGHTS MINE, SAME ORE ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Production years 1925 - 1929

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION VALUES FOR THE ALMA: NOT AVAILABLE COMBINED VALUES FOR ALMA AND LEONA HEIGHTS ARE GIVEN UNDER LEONA HEIGHT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DAVIS, F.F., 1950 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALAMEDA COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 46 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 298

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 ; LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53, NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 412

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C.V., 1929 ; SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIV.; 25TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, P. 440 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COARSE CRYSTALLINE 100 LB. LUMPS OF GALENA FOUND BEFORE 1914 IN CODORNICES CANYON, NEAR EUCLID AVE. IN BERKELEY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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