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Yellow Jacket Mine, Santa Ana Mountain, Stayton Mining District (McLeod Mining District; Panoche Mining District), San Benito County, California, USAi
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Yellow Jacket MineMine
Santa Ana MountainMountain
Stayton Mining District (McLeod Mining District; Panoche Mining District)Mining District
San Benito CountyCounty
CaliforniaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 50' 43'' North , 121° 14' 45'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Tres Pinos476 (2011)9.1km
Ridgemark3,016 (2011)11.3km
Hollister37,462 (2017)13.9km
San Juan Bautista1,961 (2017)26.0km
Gilroy53,231 (2017)33.7km
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ClubLocationDistance
Salinas Valley Rock and Gem ClubSalinas, California41km
Mindat Locality ID:
3578
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:3578:4
GUID (UUID V4):
5c51b729-1e92-44c9-8f81-c0ccf89ea535


A former Hg-Sb occurrence/mine located 3.9 km (2.4 miles) SSE of Santa Ana Mountain (coordinates of record), on the W end of the Little Quien Sabe Valley.

NOTE: This locality is not listed in the USGS MRDS database.

Workings comprised a 60 meter adit and 90 meter crosscut drift.

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9 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Cinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
β“˜Stibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Senarmontite4.CB.50Sb2O3
β“˜Valentinite4.CB.55Sb2O3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
β“˜Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
β“˜Melanterite7.CB.35Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 Β· H2O
β“˜Epsomite7.CB.40MgSO4 Β· 7H2O
β“˜Halotrichite7.CB.85FeAl2(SO4)4 Β· 22H2O
β“˜Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 Β· 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
Hβ“˜ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Hβ“˜ HalotrichiteFeAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Hβ“˜ MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ BaryteBaSO4
Oβ“˜ EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
Oβ“˜ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Oβ“˜ HalotrichiteFeAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Oβ“˜ MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Oβ“˜ SenarmontiteSb2O3
Oβ“˜ ValentiniteSb2O3
MgMagnesium
Mgβ“˜ EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ HalotrichiteFeAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
SSulfur
Sβ“˜ BaryteBaSO4
Sβ“˜ CinnabarHgS
Sβ“˜ EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
Sβ“˜ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Sβ“˜ HalotrichiteFeAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Sβ“˜ MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Sβ“˜ StibniteSb2S3
CaCalcium
Caβ“˜ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
FeIron
Feβ“˜ HalotrichiteFeAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O
Feβ“˜ MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
SbAntimony
Sbβ“˜ SenarmontiteSb2O3
Sbβ“˜ StibniteSb2S3
Sbβ“˜ ValentiniteSb2O3
BaBarium
Baβ“˜ BaryteBaSO4
HgMercury
Hgβ“˜ CinnabarHgS

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