Rindler Creek is a stream that rises on

Sulfur Springs Mountain Sulphur Springs Mountain (or Sulfur Springs Mountain) is a mountain in southwestern Solano County, California. The slopes can be accessed via hiking trails emanating from Blue Rock Springs Park in the city of Vallejo. Cinnabar deposits were e ...

in southwestern

Solano County, California Solano County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 453,491. The county seat is Fairfield. Solano County comprises the Vallejo–Fairfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which i ...

. A stream restoration project has been conducted to reverse the damage of

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overgrazing Overgrazing occurs when plants are exposed to intensive grazing for extended periods of time, or without sufficient recovery periods. It can be caused by either livestock in poorly managed agricultural applications, game reserves, or nature res ...

. One goal of this project is to enhance

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suitable for the

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Northern Red-legged Frog.

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has been altered in Rindler Creek due to historic

cinnabar Cinnabar (), or cinnabarite (), from the grc, κιννάβαρι (), is the bright scarlet to brick-red form of mercury(II) sulfide (HgS). It is the most common source ore for refining elemental mercury and is the historic source for the bri ...

extraction in this watershed.

Cinnabar Cinnabar (), or cinnabarite (), from the grc, κιννάβαρι (), is the bright scarlet to brick-red form of mercury(II) sulfide (HgS). It is the most common source ore for refining elemental mercury and is the historic source for the bri ...

deposits were mined from this locale in the early 1900s via Hastings Mine and St. John's Mine.U.S.Bureau of Mines, ''Mercury Potential in the United States''
/ref> Shaft construction occurred no earlier than 1918 and mining had ceased by the year 1930.

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Rivers of Solano County, California Rivers of Northern California Tributaries of Napa River {{California-river-stub

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