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Calistoga Mining District (Silverado Mining District), Napa Co., California, USAi
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Acanthite
Formula: Ag2S
Reference: Palmer, Lyman, L. (1881), History of Napa and Lake Counties, 291 pp., San Francisco, Slocum, Bowen and Co.: 28; Bradley, W.W. (1916a), Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Yolo County: California Mining Bureau. Report 14: 270; Boalich, E. S. (1921), Mendocino, Monterey, Mono, Napa, Solano, Stanislaus Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 17: 159; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 84, 339; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 46.
Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
Reference: Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 76.
Botryogen
Formula: MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH) · 7H2O
Reference: Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, 7th. edition, Volume II: 618; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 275.
Chlorargyrite
Formula: AgCl
Reference: Palmer, Lyman, L. (1881), History of Napa and Lake Counties, 291 pp., San Francisco, Slocum, Bowen and Co.: 28; Boalich, E. S. (1921), Mendocino, Monterey, Mono, Napa, Solano, Stanislaus Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 17: 159; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 84, 124, 339; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 46.
Chromite
Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
Cinnabar
Formula: HgS
Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.
Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
'Clays'
Reference: Dietrich, Waldemar Fenn (1928), The clay resources and the ceramic industry of California: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 99: 133-135.
Copper
Formula: Cu
Reference: Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp. (includes catalog of minerals of California pp. 63-410), and miscellaneous observations on mineral products): 158; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 158.
Coquimbite
Formula: AlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
Reference: Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 324; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 271.
Crednerite
Formula: CuMnO2
Reference: Dana 7:722
Cuprite
Formula: Cu2O
Reference: Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp. (includes catalog of minerals of California pp. 63-410), and miscellaneous observations on mineral products): 158; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 158.
'Deweylite'
Formula: Mg4Si3O10 · 6H2O ?
Reference: Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 167.
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
Fibroferrite
Formula: Fe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
Reference: Lombardo, Mariasole (2010) Fibroferrite: crystallographic, optical and synthesis experiments. MsC Thesis, Queens University, Ontario, Canada
Galena
Formula: PbS
Description: A minor mineral here.
Reference: Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 191.
Gold
Formula: Au
Description: Occurs as free gold.
Reference: Bradley, W.W. (1916a), Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Yolo County: California Mining Bureau. Report 14: 269-271; Davis, Fenelon Francis (1948), Mines and mineral resources of Napa County, California: California Division Mines Report 44: 183-184; Clark, Wm. B. (1970a) Gold districts of California: California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 193: 178; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 25; Boalich, E. S. (1921), Mendocino, Monterey, Mono, Napa, Solano, Stanislaus Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 17: 159; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 25.
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Description: Occurs as good crystals.
Reference: Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 287.
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
Kalinite
Formula: KAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O
Reference: Williams, A., Jr. (1883), Mineral resources of the United States: Mineral Resources US, 1882, XI, 813 pp.: 606; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 293.
Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Reference: USGS MRDS database (2005), loc. file ID #10040792.
'Limonite'
Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
'Manganese Oxides'
Reference: USGS MRDS database (2005), loc. file ID #10031636.
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Description: Botryoidal and stalactitic.
Reference: Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 74.
Melanterite
Formula: Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Reference: Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 271.
Mercury
Formula: Hg
Description: Occurs in considerable amounts in mud of the hot springs.
Reference: Bradley, W.W. (1918), Quicksilver resources of California, with a section on metallurgy and ore dressing: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 78, 389 pp.: 81; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 260.
Metacinnabar
Formula: HgS
Reference: Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 118.
Millerite
Formula: NiS
Reference: Yates, Robert G. & Lowell S. Hilpert (1946), Quicksilver deposits of eastern Mayacmas district, Lake and Napa Counties, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division of Mines (Report 42): 42: 246; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 265.
Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Reference: USGS MRDS database (2005), loc. file ID #10031657.
Proustite
Formula: Ag3AsS3
Reference: Crawford, James John (1896), Thirteenth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 13: 414; Bradley, W.W. (1938), Thirty-fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Division Mines Report 34: 195; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 140.
'Psilomelane'
Description: Occurs as small deposits.
Reference: Bradley, W.W., et al (1918), Manganese and chromium in California: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 76: 51; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 298.
Pyrargyrite
Formula: Ag3SbS3
Reference: Becker, George F. (1888b), Geology of the quicksilver deposits of the Pacific slope: USGS Monograph 13, atlas: 370; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 301.
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Colour: Red
Reference: USGS MRDS database (2005), loc. file ID #10031636.
Quartz var. Jasper
Colour: Red
Reference: USGS MRDS database (2005), loc. file ID #10031636.
Rhodochrosite
Formula: MnCO3
Description: Occurs as spherules.
Reference: Trask, Parker Davies (1950) Geologic description of the manganese deposits of California. California Division of Mines Bulletin 152, 378 pp.: 157-158; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 213.
Römerite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4 · 14H2O
Colour: Light brown
Description: Occurs as tiny crystals.
Reference: Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 323, 324; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 271, 275.
Rozenite
Formula: FeSO4 · 4H2O
Colour: Pale blue-green
Description: Occurs as a coating on black chert and silicified shale fragments.
Reference: Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 324; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 271.
Saponite
Formula: Ca0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
Silver
Formula: Ag
Reference: Palmer, Lyman, L. (1881), History of Napa and Lake Counties, 291 pp., San Francisco, Slocum, Bowen and Co.: 28; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 339; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 46.
Tiemannite
Formula: HgSe

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Copper1.AA.05Cu
Gold1.AA.05Au
Mercury1.AD.05Hg
Silver1.AA.05Ag
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Acanthite2.BA.35Ag2S
Arsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Cinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Metacinnabar2.CB.05aHgS
Millerite2.CC.20NiS
Proustite2.GA.05Ag3AsS3
Pyrargyrite2.GA.05Ag3SbS3
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Tiemannite2.CB.05aHgSe
Group 3 - Halides
Chlorargyrite3.AA.15AgCl
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Chromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4
Crednerite4.AB.05CuMnO2
Cuprite4.AA.10Cu2O
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Opal4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Jasper4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Rhodochrosite5.AB.05MnCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Botryogen7.DC.25MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH) · 7H2O
Coquimbite7.CB.55AlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
Fibroferrite7.DC.15Fe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Kalinite7.CC.15KAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O
Melanterite7.CB.35Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Rozenite7.CB.15FeSO4 · 4H2O
Römerite7.CB.75Fe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4 · 14H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
Kaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Saponite9.EC.45Ca0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc.
'Clays'-
'Deweylite'-Mg4Si3O10 · 6H2O ?
'Limonite'-
'Manganese Oxides'-
'Psilomelane'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H FibroferriteFe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
H OpalSiO2 · nH2O
H KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
H BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH) · 7H2O
H DeweyliteMg4Si3O10 · 6H2O ?
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
H MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
H RömeriteFe2+Fe23+(SO4)4 · 14H2O
H RozeniteFeSO4 · 4H2O
H CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
H SaponiteCa0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
H KaliniteKAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O
CCarbon
C RhodochrositeMnCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
O QuartzSiO2
O CredneriteCuMnO2
O FibroferriteFe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
O OpalSiO2 · nH2O
O RhodochrositeMnCO3
O KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
O BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH) · 7H2O
O DeweyliteMg4Si3O10 · 6H2O ?
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O RömeriteFe2+Fe23+(SO4)4 · 14H2O
O RozeniteFeSO4 · 4H2O
O CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
O ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
O SaponiteCa0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
O HematiteFe2O3
O CupriteCu2O
O KaliniteKAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O
MgMagnesium
Mg BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH) · 7H2O
Mg DeweyliteMg4Si3O10 · 6H2O ?
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mg SaponiteCa0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
AlAluminium
Al KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Al CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
Al SaponiteCa0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Al KaliniteKAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
Si OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Si KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si DeweyliteMg4Si3O10 · 6H2O ?
Si SaponiteCa0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
SSulfur
S FibroferriteFe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
S CinnabarHgS
S PyriteFeS2
S PyrargyriteAg3SbS3
S BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH) · 7H2O
S AcanthiteAg2S
S ArsenopyriteFeAsS
S GalenaPbS
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S MarcasiteFeS2
S MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
S ProustiteAg3AsS3
S MetacinnabarHgS
S RömeriteFe2+Fe23+(SO4)4 · 14H2O
S RozeniteFeSO4 · 4H2O
S CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
S MilleriteNiS
S KaliniteKAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O
ClChlorine
Cl ChlorargyriteAgCl
KPotassium
K KaliniteKAl(SO4)2 · 11H2O
CaCalcium
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca SaponiteCa0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
CrChromium
Cr ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
MnManganese
Mn CredneriteCuMnO2
Mn RhodochrositeMnCO3
FeIron
Fe FibroferriteFe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH) · 7H2O
Fe ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O
Fe RömeriteFe2+Fe23+(SO4)4 · 14H2O
Fe RozeniteFeSO4 · 4H2O
Fe CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12 · 6H2O
Fe ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Fe SaponiteCa0.25(Mg,Fe)3((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Fe HematiteFe2O3
NiNickel
Ni MilleriteNiS
CuCopper
Cu CredneriteCuMnO2
Cu CopperCu
Cu CupriteCu2O
AsArsenic
As ArsenopyriteFeAsS
As ProustiteAg3AsS3
SeSelenium
Se TiemanniteHgSe
AgSilver
Ag PyrargyriteAg3SbS3
Ag AcanthiteAg2S
Ag ChlorargyriteAgCl
Ag SilverAg
Ag ProustiteAg3AsS3
SbAntimony
Sb PyrargyriteAg3SbS3
AuGold
Au GoldAu
HgMercury
Hg CinnabarHgS
Hg MercuryHg
Hg TiemanniteHgSe
Hg MetacinnabarHgS
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

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Enderlin, D. A. (1993), Epithermal precious metal deposits of the Calistoga mining district, Napa County, California, in Rytuba, J.J., editor, Active geothermal systems and gold-mercury deposits in the Sonoma-Clear Lake volcanic fields, California: Society of Economic Geologists Guidebook Series: 16: 52-76.

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