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New Almaden

San Jose, California
County of Santa Clara.
14 miles south of San Jose
National Register Number: 66000236
 Resource type: District.
Property type: Industry/Processing/Extract - industrial storage. The threat level was Priority3 in
1998.
Congressional District: CA-15 Certified Local Government: NO
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Current use/information: State Park.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - July 4, 1961):
Santa Clara Indians had used cinnabar from this site long before 1824, when information provided by them led Mexican settlers to the first quicksilver deposits identified in North America. Europeans used the mercury in the ore to facilitate the mining of gold and silver. The site was named after the world's greatest quicksilver mine, Almaden, in Spain. Mercury from New Almaden's mines was essential to the mining process during the gold rush.


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