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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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rob-ably been eroded.For some reason, inthis region the tufais invariably found joverlying the sand-stone but not theserpentine. In theStar claim anothershort dike of basalt,about 100 feet long,has been followed atits contact with thesandstone to a depthof 600 feet. The Washingtonshaft disclosed aboss of serpentine, which carried a good body of ore, while in the sandstone butlittle ore was found. (See Fig. 23.) In the Phoenix workings,at tunnel No. 9, only sandstone was found underground inthe Red Hill claim, while the surface of that claim is almostentirely covered by serpentine and its allied opaline rock; awinze sunk from this tunnel follows a contact between igneousrock and sandstone to a depth of 1000 feet. All the sandstone in this neighborhood contains some cinna-bar disseminated through it; but so far workable ore depositshave only been found near the igneous rocks and the serpen-tine, indicating a secondary concentration in connection withthe igneous rocks and the serpentine.
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^^tna Consolidated Mines—Section ofWashington shaft. 76 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA. The company is at present doing prospecting work, in orderto determine whether workable ore bodies can be found on thecontact with the large dike on the Silver Bow claim abovedescribed. (vSee Fig. 22.) Bella Union Mining Company.—This property is in Sees.20 and 28, T. 7 X., R. 5 \V., one and a half miles south ofOakville. (See Mon. XIII, U. S. G. S., page 377: Report StateMining Bureau of Cal., XII, pages 364 and 365; XIII, page599) Boston Mine (formerly the Redington).—Knoxville District.Boston Qviicksilver Mining Company, owner. B. M. Xewcomb,general superintendent, Oathill, Napa County: J. B. Mason,superintendent, Knoxville, Napa County. In Sees. 6 and 7,T. II N., R. 4 W. (See Mon. XIII, U. S. G. S., page 284;Report State Mining Bureau of Cal., XI, pages 69-72; XII,page 363; XIII, page 599.) The Redington Quicksilver Min-ing Company supposedly worked out the ground in the origi-nal sh

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  • bookyear:1903
  • bookdecade:1900
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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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