The Senator is a mercury mine located in Santa Clara county, California.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Senator MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Senator
Secondary: Senator Mine
Secondary: El Senator prospect
Secondary: Nones Shaft
Secondary: 100 Level
Secondary: 125 Level
Secondary: 260 Level
Secondary: Senador
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Santa Clara
District: New Almaden
Land Status
Land ownership: County
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Other
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1863
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Local Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silica Carbonate Alteration Of Serpentine
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Production): ONE OF THE "OUTSIDE" NEW ALMADEN MINES. On the County Park property.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON SHAFT on topo (probably the Noyes shaft)
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., V. 50, 1954, P. 372.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H. AND EVERHART, D. L., 1964, GEOLOGY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW ALMADEN DISTRICT, SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS PROF. PAPER 360, 206 P.
Pages: p. 158-162, pl. 14.
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