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Almaden Quicksilver Calcines Removal Project 2023 by Ronald Horii
The Calcine Remediation Project is in progress at Almaden Quicksilver County Park. Calcines are rocks and sediment that were left over after mercury ore was processed to remove the mercury. They were considered a waste product and were dumped or used to pave roads. Regulatory agencies are concerned that there may be trace amounts of mercury in the calcines, and it could leach out and contaminate the watershed, so the calcines need to be removed. An earlier and larger calcines roads project involved the removal of calcines from park roads (https://tinyurl.com/mryvy38j). The current project will remove them from hillsides above Deep Gulch and Alamitos Creek. Here's more information about the project: https://parks.sccgov.org/hacienda-and-deep-gulch-remediation-project. For additional information on the Hacienda and Deep Gulch Calcine Remediation project, contact Alicia Flynn, Project Manager, at (408) 355-2209. These are pictures of the progress of the construction work going on at the Hacienda entrance to the park and along Alamitos Creek under the Almaden Road bridge. The first pictures show what Deep Gulch looked like before the project started. Note the dates on the pictures. This shows views of the project in July, September, and November of 2023.
The Calcine Remediation Project is in progress at Almaden Quicksilver County Park. Calcines are rocks and sediment that were left over after mercury ore was processed to remove the mercury. They were considered a waste product and were dumped or used to pave roads. Regulatory agencies are concerned that there may be trace amounts of mercury in the calcines, and it could leach out and contaminate the watershed, so the calcines need to be removed. An earlier and larger calcines roads project involved the removal of calcines from park roads (https://tinyurl.com/mryvy38j). The current project will remove them from hillsides above Deep Gulch and Alamitos Creek. Here's more information about the project: https://parks.sccgov.org/hacienda-and-deep-gulch-remediation-project. For additional information on the Hacienda and Deep Gulch Calcine Remediation project, contact Alicia Flynn, Project Manager, at (408) 355-2209. These are pictures of the progress of the construction work going on at the Hacienda entrance to the park and along Alamitos Creek under the Almaden Road bridge. The first pictures show what Deep Gulch looked like before the project started. Note the dates on the pictures. This shows views of the project in July, September, and November of 2023.
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