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Hub and Security

Past Producer in Trinity 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103805
MRDS ID M055580
Record type Site
Current site name Hub and Security
Alternate or previous names Hub
Related records 10263449

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.52139, 41.15207 (WGS84)
Elevation 1384
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mumbo Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 006W 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO CENTER OF SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Analytical data

Result GRADE ESTIMATED AT <0.1% LB/TON

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 179
USGS model code 27c
Deposit model name Silica-carbonate Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.52139, 41.15207
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N 70 W Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED, FRACTURE COATINGS
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Altoona District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Hall
    First year 1965

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED A FEW FLASKS IN 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: INMERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 199.

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 4, P. 49, 121.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1959-1973, MINERALS YEARBOOKS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES

  • Production

    USBM DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 50 FT WIDE SHEAR ZONE IS MINERALIZED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-75 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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