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Identifier: quicksilverresou00forsrich (find matches)
Title: The quicksilver resources of California
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Forstner, William California State Mining Bureau
Subjects: Mercury mines and mining Mines and mineral resources Mercury ores
Publisher: Sacramento, Calif. : W.W. Shannon, supt. of State printing
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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r to be a very hard opaline, carrying some cr\^s-tals of cinnabar in the seams. In the wide serpentine belt to the southwest of the Manhat-tan-Boston line occur croppings of opaline rock which havebeen prospected for years without any result. Reed Mine.—Knoxville District. Including the Royal orSoda Springs mine. Merchants Exchange Bank, San Fran-cisco, owner. In Sees. 23, 25, 26, and 36, T 12 N., R. 5 W,(See Mon. XIII, U. S. G. S., page 283; Report State MiningBureau of Cal, XI, page 68.) This property was extensivelyworked, producing 5650 flasks between 1875 and 1879, but hasbeen idle for a number of years. The works are caved in andinaccessible. The surface geology shows that the deposits inthe Reed mine are located close to the line of contact of anarea of serpentine with unaltered fossiliferous rocks, the orebodies being contained in an opaline rock formation. The oldworks of the Royal mine are located on a dike of the samematerial, 20 feet wide, cutting through the serpentine.
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Cropptngs MAP OF THE LITTLE PANOCHE MINING DISTRICT. DISTRICTS SOUTH OF SAN FRANQSCO. FRESNO COUNTY. Arambide and Aurecoechea Claims.—These are in Sec. 32,T. 13 S., R. 10 E., and Sec. 5, T. 14 S., R. 10 E. Owner, GeorgeAlferitz, care of Dellepiane & Co., 425 Battery street, SanFrancisco. These claims are situated near the Providentialgroup of mines (see map of Little Panoche Mining District),in the same formation of metamorphic sandstone, mixed withsome shale. In former 3ears considerable mercury was takenout of this property, but the works are now caved in and inac-cessible, and the furnace is entirely obliterated. Mexican Mine.—This comprises three claims (Mexican MineXos. I, 2, and 3), in N.E. % of Sec. 22, T. 18 S., R. 13 E.Owner, Manuel Santos, New Idria, San Benito County. Thedeveloped part of the property lies in the northwest branch ofCantua Creek, very close to the contact of the metamorphicseries and the Chico sandstones to the northeast thereof.While the surface sho

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  • bookyear:1903
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  • booksubject:Mercury_mines_and_mining
  • booksubject:Mines_and_mineral_resources
  • booksubject:Mercury_ores
  • bookpublisher:Sacramento__Calif____W_W__Shannon__supt__of_State_printing
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