MilleriteKlau Mine, Klau Mine group, Adelaida, Adelaide District, Santa Lucia Mts, San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA
Photo: R.D.Green Latitude: 35°37'14"N
Longitude: 120°53'58"W
A former Hg mine located in sec. 33, T26S, R10E, MDM, 3.6 km (2.3 miles) SW of Adelaida.
Mineralization is hosted in sedimentary rock.
Local structures include local NW-trending fractures.
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.
Franke, Herbert A. (1935a), Mines and mineral resources of San Luis Obispo County, California: California Division Mines (Report 31): 31(4): 434-455.
Ransome, Alfred Leslie & J.L. Kellogg (1939), Quicksilver resources of California: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 35): 35: 353-486.
Eckel, Edwin Butt, R.G. Yates & A.E. Granger (1941), Quicksilver deposits in San Luis Obispo County and southwestern Monterey County, California: USGS Bulletin 922-R: 515, 575-580.
Woodhouse, C.D. & R.M. Norris (1957a), A new occurrence of millerite American Mineralogist: 42: 113-115.
Woodhouse, C.D. & R.M. Norris (1957b), Nickel and mercury minerals at Klau: Gems and Minerals, No. 234: 18-20, March 1957.
Holmes, Jr., G.W. (1965), Mercury in California: in: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8252.
Davis, Fenelon Francis and E.H. Bailey (1966) Mercury. California Division Mines and Geology Bulletin 191: 247-254, 267, 270, 272.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 104, 147, 149, 178, 245, 255, 266, 274.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 65, 66, 75, 78, 111 (map 3-7), 121, 349.
Bailey, E.H., USGS, personal files.
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