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New Almaden Placers & Dumps

Past Producer in Santa Clara county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077468
MRDS ID W025129
MAS/MILS ID 60850091
Record type Site
Current site name New Almaden Placers & Dumps
Included sites New Almaden District
Related records 10140820

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -121.82556, 37.17278 (WGS84)
Elevation 158
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position Shown on Davis and Jennings, pl. 2, #26.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Clara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Teresa Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Santa Clara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
009S 001E 2 C SE4 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -121.82556, 37.17278
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name New Almaden District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Davis, F.F., and Jennings, C.W., 1954, Mines and mineral resources of Santa Clara County, California: CALIFornia JOURnal of MINES and GEOlogy, V. 50, NO.2, APR. 1954, P.420, and pl. 2, #26.

  • Deposit

    Bailey and Everhart, 1964, USGS PP-360, pl. 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1994-07-01 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-04 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0060850091 = newMRDS 10286793
Editor 2010-11-09 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0060850091 = newMRDS 10286793, merged and deleted.

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