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Alpine Mine (Black Hawk Mine; Esmeralda Mine), Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA

Carpathite
Alpine Mine, Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA

Photo: 2008 Jesse Crawford
Latitude: 36°21'56"N
Longitude: 120°43'21"W
A former Hg mine located in the NW¼ sec. 13, T18S, R11E, MDM, 3.8 km (2.4 miles) NW of Picacho Peak.

Mineralization is hosted in Panoche Upper Cretaceous sandstone and shale and in the New Idria serpentine mass.

Production data are found in: U.S. Bureau of Mines file data.

References

Bradley, W.W. (1918), Quicksilver resources of California, with a section on metallurgy and ore dressing: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 78, 389 pp.: 97.

Ransome, Alfred Leslie & J.L. Kellogg (1939), Quicksilver resources of California: California Division Mines Report 35: 353-486.

Eckel, Edwin Butt & W.B. Myers (1946), Quicksilver deposits of the New Idria district, San Benito and Fresno Counties, California: California Division Mines Report 42: 81-124.

Averill, Charles V. (1947), Mines and mineral resources of San Benito County: California Division Mines Report 43: 41-60.

Holmes, G.H. (1965) Mercury in California. US Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8252: 87-206.

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 88, 260.

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 201.

Bailey, E.H., USGS, personal files.

Mineral List

Artinite
Cinnabar
Mercury
'Serpentine Group'


4 entries listed. 3 valid minerals.

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