Tirado and Shear Mine, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Tirado and Shear Mine | Mine |
Goat Mountain | Mountain |
San Benito County | County |
California | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 22' 22'' North , 120° 43' 32'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Three Rocks | 246 (2011) | 33.2km |
San Lucas | 269 (2015) | 37.9km |
Cantua Creek | 466 (2011) | 39.3km |
King City | 13,902 (2017) | 40.0km |
Coalinga | 16,564 (2017) | 41.8km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Coalinga Rockhound Society | Coalinga, California | 42km |
Mindat Locality ID:
87883
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:87883:9
GUID (UUID V4):
6884c098-a9ce-41df-80b1-745c239d218c
A former Hg occurrence/mine located in sec. 12, T18S, R11E, MDM, 2.5 km (1.5 miles) NNE of Goat Mountain (coordinates of record) and 4.6 km (2.8 miles) NW of Picacho Peak (coordinates of record), S of Clear Creek. Discovered in 1925. Owned by S. Tirado and William Shear. MRDS database accuracy for this location is not stated.
Controls for ore emplacement included local shearing. Local alteration includes silica carbonate alteration in Franciscan serpentine. Local rocks include ultramafic rocks, chiefly Mesozoic, unit 3 (Coast Ranges and Western Klamath Mountains).
Production data are found in: U.S. Bureau of Mines file data.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10103827 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Coast MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Franciscan DomainDomain
USA
- California
- Diablo RangeMountain Range
- San Benito County
- New Idria Mining DistrictMining District
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