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New Idria was a previously mining-oriented, now ghost town in coastal range of California, outside of Hollister, California up in the Diablo Range mountains. The community was established in the 19th century and the town was named New Idria in honour of Idrija, Slovenia, which also used to be a mercury-mining town. Image File history File links New Idria in 1910; found it at http://www. ...
Image File history File links New Idria in 1910; found it at http://www. ...
The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine This article is about mineral extraction. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ...
Hollister is the county seat of San Benito County, California. ...
The Diablo Range is a large group of mountain chains and ranges in western California. ...
Area: 293. ...
History The community was established for mining purposes, mainly for extracting mercury ore, cinnabar. Before Spanish discovery, the place was very well known to local Indians, who used the red cinnabar as pigment. The Spanish started mining there in 1850s, soon after they became aware of the presence of great deposits of ore in that area. At one time, New Idria mines were America's second most productive mines, with the New Almaden mines in vicinity being the first. General Name, Symbol, Number mercury, Hg, 80 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 6, d Appearance silvery white Atomic mass 200. ...
Cinnabar (German Zinnober), sometimes written cinnabarite, is a name applied to red mercury(II) sulfide (HgS), or native vermilion, the common ore of mercury. ...
The New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, the oldest and most productive quicksilver mine in the United States, was discovered by Mexicanos. ...
The discovery of mercury ore at New Idira coincided with the California gold rush in 1848-1858. At that time, mercury was a key component in extracting gold from gold ore. Before New Idria and New Almaden, the world's supply of mercury was controlled almost exclusively by Europe, so if Americans wanted to get mercury, they had to pay for it with gold. The two Californian mines made America independent in that department. The California Gold Rush was a period in American history marked by great world-wide interest concerning a gold discovery in Northern California. ...
1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ...
World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ...
Currently, there are reported to be only a couple of people left inhabiting the town. There are about 20 buildings in New Idria, all in various states of decay. Since the town was mining-dependent, the shutdown of mines drove its inhabitants away in search of jobs.
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Pollution problems New Idria unfortunately lies in highly erodible and asbestos-rich part of California. There are many other mines in vicinity of New Idria. The mines were operational from 1854 to 1975, the remains now being a major source of pollution and currently a Superfund cleanup site. Fibrous asbestos on muscovite Asbestos Asbestos Asbestos (a misapplication of Latin: asbestos quicklime from Greek ἄσβεστος: a-, not; sbestos, extinguishable) describes any of a group of fibrous metamorphic minerals of the hydrous magnesium silicate variety. ...
1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...
Water pollution Environmental pollution is the release of environmental contaminants, generally resulting from human activity. ...
Checking the status of a cleanup site Superfund is the common name for the United States environmental law that is officially known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 to 9675, which was enacted by the United States Congress on December 11...
Location New Idria is isolated, but not difficult to reach. Its location is on New Idria road, 35 km from Panoche road. The last half kilometre of the road is paved, although in very bad condition. The water in nearby creeks is poisonous due to pollution problems and is not drinkable.
External links - New Idria Preservation project
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