Latitude: 37°13'15"N
Longitude: 121°48'47"W
A former Hg mine located 5.4 km (3.4 miles) NNE of New Almaden.
Mineralization is hosted in serpentinite.
Local structures include a serpentine - sandstone contact.
Production data are found in: Bailey and Everhart (1964).
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. (1930), Santa Clara, Nevada, Kings, Tulare Counties: California Mining Bureau (Report 26): 26: 26-33.
Davis, Fenelon Francis & C.W. Jennings (1954), Mines and mineral resources of Santa Clara County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology (Report 50): 50(2): 342-354.
Bailey, Edgar H. & Donald L. Everhart (1964), Geology and quicksilver deposits of the New Almaden district, Santa Clara County, California: USGS Professional Paper 360, 206 pp.
Holmes, Jr., G.W. (1965), Mercury in California: in: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8252.
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