A former Hg mining area located in secs. 2 & 3, T9S, R1E, and in secs. 29 & 33, T8S, R1E, MDM, about 12½ miles SSE of San Jose in West-central Santa Clara County. Discovered in 1824 by Antonio Suñol and Louis Chaboya. Virtually synonymous with the New Almaden Mines, which constitute the bulk of the mining activities in the district.
References
Blake, Wm. P. (1854), Quicksilver mine of Almaden, California: American Journal of Science, 2nd. Series: 17: 438-440.
Becker, George F. (1888b), Geology of the quicksilver deposits of the Pacific slope: USGS Monograph 13, atlas: 310-330.
Melville, William Harlow (1891), Metacinnabarite from New Almaden, California: USGS Bulletin 78: 80-83.
Hutton, Colin Osborne (1948), Stilpnomelane and pumpellyite, constituents of the Franciscan series (abstract): Geological Society of America Bulletin: 59: 1373-1374.
Bailey, Edgar H. & Donald L. Everhart (1964), Geology and quicksilver deposits of the New Almaden district, Santa Clara County, California: USGS PP 360: 102.
Davis, Fenelon Francis and E.H. Bailey (1966) Mercury. California Division Mines and Geology Bulletin 191: 251.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 82, 289, 353, 391.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 123, 234, 267, 277, 433.
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