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Geological map of the quicksilver district in the southern portion of San Benito County, California, USA, 1903

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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at the surface. The serpentine is by far the prevailing rock of the meta-morphic series. There are indications that in places the ser-pentine appearing at the surface is only a surface occurrenceand does not persist in depth, as will be seen later herein, andalso in the description of the Mexican mine, Fresno County, /A^tHH Si ^
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SAN BENITO COUNTY. 127 situated on the northeastern contact of the same belt of themetamorphic series. The serpentinization of the rock is veryirregular, and sometimes very light, while in other places therock is a talcose, bluish-green serpentine, with a more or lessconchoidal fracture. Inclusions of bodies of sandstone andshale are found in the serpentine. On a ridge over a mile long,having a course about S. 30° W., running from the divide southof the San Carlos, along the headwaters of Clear Creek towardthe Picachos, and at the surface entirely formed of serpentine,all gradations from sandstone to serpentine are found. In oneinclusion of a yellow sandstone, at least 100 feet by 50 feet atthe surface, seams of serpentine over a fourth of an inch widecutting throughthe sandstone canbe seen. The ac-companying pho-tograph (No. 11)of a thin section(enlarged) con-clusively provesthe serpentiniza-tion of the sand-stone. In the beltbetween the ser-pentine and theChico, a great partof the

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  • bookauthor:California_State_Mining_Bureau
  • booksubject:Mercury_mines_and_mining
  • booksubject:Mines_and_mineral_resources
  • booksubject:Mercury_ores
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