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Quicksilver Senador Mine Site Restoration, 11/5/16 by Ronald Horii
There was a restoration project at the Senador Mine Site in Almaden Quicksilver County Park. It resulted in that area being closed during construction on weekdays from June through October. Construction is complete, and the area is open again. I took a hike on the Senador Mine Trail to the restoration site, then continued on the trail to the Guadalupe and Mine Hill Trails.
Here's information on the restoration from: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/water_issues/programs/TMDLs/guadaluperivermercurytmdl.shtml
"The Santa Clara County Department of Parks and Recreation and San Francisco Estuary Partnership have jointly received several grants for mine cleanup projects. These projects are underway and staff will continue to work with them on these projects.
Senador Mine: County Parks has completed design plans to reduce erosion of mercury mining wastes at Senador Mine. This project is funded by U.S. EPA’s San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund. The project will restore a headcut and other targeted features in a creek channel, remediate several small calcine piles (piles of roasted mercury ores), and reduce erosion of mercury mining wastes. Nearly 300 pounds of mercury will be removed or stabilized. Construction is expected to be undertaken and completed in the 2016 dry season..." — at Almaden Quicksilver County Park. (near Almaden Quicksilver County Park)
There was a restoration project at the Senador Mine Site in Almaden Quicksilver County Park. It resulted in that area being closed during construction on weekdays from June through October. Construction is complete, and the area is open again. I took a hike on the Senador Mine Trail to the restoration site, then continued on the trail to the Guadalupe and Mine Hill Trails.
Here's information on the restoration from: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/water_issues/programs/TMDLs/guadaluperivermercurytmdl.shtml
"The Santa Clara County Department of Parks and Recreation and San Francisco Estuary Partnership have jointly received several grants for mine cleanup projects. These projects are underway and staff will continue to work with them on these projects.
Senador Mine: County Parks has completed design plans to reduce erosion of mercury mining wastes at Senador Mine. This project is funded by U.S. EPA’s San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund. The project will restore a headcut and other targeted features in a creek channel, remediate several small calcine piles (piles of roasted mercury ores), and reduce erosion of mercury mining wastes. Nearly 300 pounds of mercury will be removed or stabilized. Construction is expected to be undertaken and completed in the 2016 dry season..." — at Almaden Quicksilver County Park. (near Almaden Quicksilver County Park)
