California · Santa Clara County
Occurrence

Palo Alto Sewage Sludge

Santa Clara County, California, United States
GoldSilverPhosphorus-PhosphatesCopperTinPalladium
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Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Phosphorus-Phosphates
SecondaryCopper, Tin, Palladium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formASH
Ore controlIndustrial Waste Products And Sewage Treatment Process
Materials
Ore mineralsAsh
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10039376
MRDS IDM047042
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.45297, -122.14493
References
GULBRANDSEN, R., RAIT, NORMA, KRIER, D.J., BAEDECKER, P.A., AND CHILDRESS, ANNE, 1978, GOLD, SILVER, AND OTHER RESOURCES IN INCINERATED SEWAGE SLUDGE AT PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA - A PRELIMINARY REPORT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 784, 7 P1977 GEOCHEM GABLER AND NEYLAN; SEE REFERENCE1977 GEOCHEM R. GULBRANDSEN AND OTHERS; SEE PG. 3GABLER, R., AND NEYLAN, D., 1977, INCINERATED SEWAGE SLUDGE AS RESOURCE FOR MINERALS. NATIONAL CONFERENCE SLUDGE MANAGEMENT, 3RD, MIAMI BEACH, 1976; PROCEEDINGS: ROCKVILLE, MD., INFO. TRANSFER, P. 197-200.