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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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- of siliceous rock cuttingthrough the serpentine countn,, having a width of from 300to 600 feet. To the southeast thev can not be found further
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PHOTO No. 13. LOS PICACHOS MINE (RAMIREZ CONSOLIDATED) than the southeastern Picachos Peak. Beyond the creek cours-ing around that knoll is only the barren serpentine, withoutany trace of mineralization. At the surface the croppings arehighly colored by the oxidation of the iron pyrites, in placesmixed with chalcopjrite. which is found in great amount inthe unaltered rock. In the weathered rock cinnabar is foundin the fracture planes in seams of more or less thickness; alsoin bedding planes and in places in crushed zones of the rock.In the unaltered rock, cinnabar occurs mainly as a coating ofvugs. After this cinnabar was deposited a posterior deposition SAN BENITO COUNTY. 147 of silica took place, covering the cinnabar. The rock itself isnot impregnated with cinnabar, probably due to its compact-ness. The face of the bluffs shows a stratification in the rockforming the croppings; in the southeastern part of the propertythe strata have a strike S. 40° E., dipping N.E. 60*^. The cin-n

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  • bookyear:1903
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  • bookauthor:Forstner__William
  • bookauthor:California_State_Mining_Bureau
  • booksubject:Mercury_mines_and_mining
  • booksubject:Mines_and_mineral_resources
  • booksubject:Mercury_ores
  • bookpublisher:Sacramento__Calif____W_W__Shannon__supt__of_State_printing
  • bookcontributor:University_of_California_Libraries
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