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Clear Creek area, Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA

Occurrences in the NW¼ (N½) sec. 12, T18S, R11E, MDM, and environs, along Clear Creek (Clear Creek Canyon), 5 to 6 miles SW of New Idria via road to the Hernandez Valley.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Actinolite
Aegirine
Albite
'Almandine-Pyrope Series'
Analcime
Andradite
var: Melanite
Anilite
Antigorite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Artinite
Bario-orthojoaquinite
Benitoite
Brochantite
Calcite
Carpathite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Clinochlore
var: Pennine
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Coalingite
Copper
Covellite
'Crossite'
Datolite
Desautelsite
Diopside
Dolomite
Dypingite
Epidote
Epsomite
Fluorapatite
var: Strontian Apatite
Fluorstrophite
Fresnoite
Glaucophane
'Grossular-Hibschite Series'
'Hornblende'
Hydromagnesite
Jadeite
Joaquinite-(Ce)
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Lawsonite
Magnesiochromite
Magnetite
Malachite
Mercury
Metacinnabar
Montroydite
Muscovite
Natrolite
Neptunite
Omphacite
Orthoclase
Orthojoaquinite-(Ce)
Pectolite
Prehnite
Pseudomalachite
'Pumpellyite'
Pyroaurite
Quartz
Reevesite
Rutile
'Serpentine Group'
'Stevensite'
Stilpnomelane
Strontiojoaquinite (TL)
Taramellite
Thomsonite-Ca
Titanite
Titantaramellite
Tremolite
Uvarovite
Vermiculite
Witherite
Wollastonite
Zircon


89 entries listed. 67 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region

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References

Anonymous (1950), Jadeite from Clear Creek, San Benito Co.: California Division of Mines, Mineral Information Service: 3(4): 2.

Chesterman, C.W. (1950a), Jadeite in San Benito County, California: Lapidary Journal: 4: 204-208.

Dake, H.C. (1951), The jadeite locality; The Mineralogist: 18: 188-190.

Yoder, Hatten S., Jr. & Charles W. Chesterman (1951), Jadeite of San Benito County, California. California Division of Mines, Special Report 10-C: 3.

Coleman, R.G. (1954), Optical and chemical study of jadeite from California: Geological Society of America Bulletin 65: 1241.

Coleman, R.G. (1956), Jadeite from San Benito County, California: Gems & Gemology: 8: 331-334, 490, 494.

Coleman, R.G. (1961) Jadeite Deposits of the Clear Creek Area, New Idria District, San Benito County, California. Journal of Petrology, Vol. 2, Part 2, pp. 209-47.

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 88, 239, 273, 299, 309.

Prewitt, C.T. & Charles Wilson Burnham (1966), The crystal structure of jadeite, NaAlSi2O6. American Mineralogist: 51: 956-975.

Coleman, R.G. & J.R. Clark (1968), Pyroxenes in the blueschist facies of California: American Journal of Science: 266: 43-59.

Edgar, A.D., A. Mottana, and N.D. MacRae (1969) The chemistry of cell parameters of omphacite and related pyroxenes. Mineralogical Magazine: 37: 64, 67-68.

Ronzio, A.R. and Salmon, M. (1970) Trace elements in jade. Gems and Minerals: 389: 24-25, 45.

Cameron, M., S. Shigeho, C.T. Prewitt & J.J. Papike (1973), High temperature crystal chemistry of acmite, diopside, hedenbergite, jadeite, spodumene and ureyite: American Mineralogist: 58: 594-618.

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 391, 488.

Tsujimori, T., et al (2005), Paper No. 21-6, The Geological Society of America, Joint Meeting Cordilleran Section and Pacific Section, 101st Annual Meeting, 29 April-1 May 2005, San Jose, California.

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