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Calomel from
Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calomel
Formula:[Hg2]2+Cl2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Terlinguaiteⓘ5 photos of Calomel associated with Terlinguaite at this locality.
Mercuryⓘ2 photos of Calomel associated with Mercury at this locality.
Calciteⓘ2 photos of Calomel associated with Calcite at this locality.
Gianellaiteⓘ1 photo of Calomel associated with Gianellaite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calomel data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (7 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:194610
Long-form Identifier:1:3:194610:9
GUID (UUID V4):1ab4fe95-013b-4152-a559-58cf0ea2835d
Localities for Calomel in this Region
Perry Pit, Mariposa Mine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Calomel
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘColquitt-Tigner Mine (Waldron Mine), Brewster County, Texas, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Mariposa mine, Terlingua district, Brewster County, Texas, USA. 2.518 (100b), 4.063...06 2.27 100.00 (1) Mariposa mine, Terlingua district, Brewster County, Texas, USA.; average of 8 electron...crusts. Association: Calcite (Mariposa mine); kleinite, calomel (McDermit Mine). Distribution: From the lower...Perry pit, Mariposa mine, Terlingua district, Brewster County, Texas, and the McDermit mine, Humboldt...Humboldt County, Nevada, USA. Name: Named after Terlingua Creek, which flows in the Terlingua mining district
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FROM THE PERRY PIT, MARIPOSA MINE, TERLINGUA MINING DISTRICT, BREWSTER COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. ANDREW C....of the Perry pit, Mariposa mine, Terlingua mining district, Brewster County, Texas (type locality), as...McDermitt mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, U.S.A., where it occurs with kleinite and calomel in silicified...(empirical formula). Material from the McDermitt mine § † E-mail address: aroberts@nrcan.gc.ca Deceased...Perry pit, Mariposa mine, Terlingua mining district, Brewster County, Texas, McDermitt mine, Humboldt
Journal (issue)
locality); Japan; Norway; South Africa; Sweden; England; USA: Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri...Mercury Minerals from Texas and Arkansas Art Smith artsmithite@msn.com Since coming to Texas in 1963 I have...microscopic crystals. Most of them come from the Mariposa mine which was the original town site for Terlingua...miles eastward to be near the Chisos mine after the Marfa Mariposa mining company shut down in 1910 (Ragsdale...today but there is even less remaining at the Mariposa mine except an open pit and some underground workings
Report (issue)
9.5215(5) Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Mariposa mine, Texas, USA. 2.872 (10), 2.743 (10), 5.511 (8), 2...37 3.02 86.61 Total 95.2 100.00 (1) Mariposa mine, Texas, USA; by separate microchemical analyses on...derived from decaying organic matter (Mariposa mine, Texas, USA); in a mercury deposit in silicate–carbonate...claim, California, USA). Association: Cinnabar, terlinguaite, montroydite, mercury, calomel, hematite, calcite...calcite (Mariposa mine, Texas, USA). Distribution: In the USA, from the Perry pit, Mariposa mine, Terlingua
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fluorescent minerals is calcite from Terlingua, Texas, which fluoresces bright pink under longwave ultraviolet...Terlingua is some 300 miles southeast of El Paso, Texas, the nearest large U.S. city. From El Paso, the...Operating retort and furnace at a mercury mine, Terlingua, Texas (1927). Photo courtesy Archives of the...western edge of Big Bend National Park in Brewster County. Study Butte, with a gas station, motel, and...to the attention of a man named Klein in Alpine, Texas (Ragsdale, 1976). Klein and Acosta carried out some
Report (issue)
Quicksilver Deposits of the Terlingua District Texas GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 312 Geology...Quicksilver Deposits of the Terlingua District Texas By ROBERT G. YATES and GEORGE A. THOMPSON G E 0...quicksilver deposits of the Terlingua district, Texas, by Robert G. Yates and George A. Thompson. Washington... 1. Geology-Texas-Terlingua district. 2. Mercury ores. 3. Mercury mines and mining-Texas-Terlingua district...Aguja pipe _____________ ___________ _ 41 Chisos mine pipe __________________ _ 42 Other breccia pipes
Journal (issue)
described from slags at Le Celine di Cotoriano Mine (Rosia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy). I have...aesthetic end we saw the best stibnite from Xikuangshan Mine (Lengshuijiang, Shaoyang, Hunan Province, China)...on the This year, giYe the gift of information! Mine al The Mineral Collector's Mineral News, The Mineral...finds from China, helvite from Tongbei (Yunxiao County, Fujiao, China) and gibbsite from "Hunan". The...science - I too sit in an ivory tower. At least mine has a foundation. ----6 Collectors' Cases I always
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Terlingua mining district is situatedin Brewster County, Texas, in sight of the Rio Grande and about 8o...completeof thesepublicationsis Bulletin No. 4 of the Texas State Mineral Survey, Dr. W. B. Phillips, director...the above formations is by Robert T. Hill and the Texas Mineral Survey. TERLINGU‱I QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS...superintendentof the Big Bend mine, for the following analysisof the mine water. This analysiswas madeby...Chicago,W. A. Converse,analyst. ANALYSIS OF Bm BEND MINE WATER. Grains in One Gallon. Silica .........
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y , Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s this article will show, Texas has had—or currently has—nu­ merous mineral occurrences...produce good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help explain the situation. Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized
Journal (issue)
known silicate of mercury, from California and Texas ........................................ 215 by...Laflamme Famous mineral localities: Terlingua, Texas ................................... 221 by M . Origlieri...Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...overall light smoky shade, and one from Saline County, Arkansas, failed to turn color at all. Crystals...“Hot Springs area” * “Hot Springs area” Lincoln County Veta Grande Claim, Yuma Co. Arkansas Arkansas
O4I2(Cl,Br)2, from the Clear Creek Claim, San Benito County, California M. A. COOPER AND F. C. HAWTHORNE*...crystal structure, mercury mineral, San Benito County, California. Introduction TEDHADLEYITE, ideally...long-abandoned Clear Creek mercury mine, New Idria district, San Benito County, California (Roberts et al.,... 2002). It is associated with native mercury, calomel and traces of cinnabar, eglestonite and montroydite...Manual 5.1, Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Cooper, M.A. and Hawthorne, F.C. (2003) The crystal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS FROM TERLINGUA, TEXAS: KLEINITE, TERLINGUAITE, EGLESTONITE, MONTROYDITE, CALOMEL, MERCURY.' \V 12...Terlingua, Texas, specinieiis of two minerals from t h e well known Terlingua mercury field in Brewster county...found with gypsum, calcite, seldom with barite and calomel, either loose or on a whitish, clayey gangue, only...only once or twice accompanied by terlinguaite; calomel with calcite, mercury and eglestonite on the pinkish...; eglestonite with calomel, calcite and mercury on the pink gangue or on calomel ; montroydite with calcite
Report (volume)
possibilities at the New Almaden quicksilver mine, Santa Clara County, Calif.: U. S. Geol. Survey open-file...1952, Eleven maps of the New Almaden quicksilver mine area: U. S. Geol. Survey open-file rept., no text...L., 1949, The New Almaden quicksilver mine, Santa Clara County, Calif.: U. S. Geol. Survey open-file...Reconnaissance of the ore deposits in northern Yuma County, Ariz.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 451, p. 44-45...deposits of the BonanzaNonpareil district, Douglas County, Oreg.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 955-F, p. 225-251
Journal (issue)
...................................... 3 Other Texas Minerals Obtained from the Philadelphia Academy...schools who are interested. We would divide Harris County into something like 6 or 8 divisions and then find...address is: Terry Proctor, 630 Uvalde Road, Houston, Texas 770153766. My law office phone is (713) 453-8338...interest with you—and without raising the dues. Other Texas Minerals Obtained from the Philadelphia Academy...in the article about Baringer Hill in Llano County, Texas (Smith 2008), I described and discussed specimens
Journal (issue)
l-:e Terl ingua Qu icksilver District of Brewster County, Texas. By Frank Duncan . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Some Mine rals o f the Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Conn...of dollars expended in useless effort to work a mine for gold whose chief ore is ordinary pyrite. A story...brothers who were sadly fooled by pyrite at an old iron mine in Putnam Co., N. Y., many years ago. A lot of pyrite...pyrite was uncovered at that time when the mine was in operation, and the material was carefully placed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for example, the principal structural motifs in calomel {HgCl, or sometimes [Hg1+]2Cl2} are linear Cl-Hg-Hg-Cl...Cu9Ag5HgS8 AT03, AT05, BG01, IT05, US-NV06 520 45 Calomel HgCl ~70 known localities: CL02, CZ01, DE02, DE03...the New AlmadĂ©n mine in Santa Clara County and the New Idria mine in San Benito County (two of the world’s...1996), central Arizona (Eastoe et al. 1990), west Texas (Thompson 1954; Henry et al. 1997), and southwest...representative localities for native mercury, calomel, coloradoite (HgTe), cinnabar, metacinnabar, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cu2HgPb22Sb28S64(O,S)2, a new sulfosalt from Buca Della Vena Mine, Apuan Alps: definition and crystal structure. Can...from the Perry Pit, Mariposa mine, Terlingua mining district, Brewster county, Texas, U.S.A. Terlinguacreekite...level of the Perry pit, Mariposa mine, Terlingua district, Brewster County, Texas, U.S.A. It is also found...found at the McDermit mine where it is associated with kleinite and calomel in silicified volcanic rocks...which flows in the Terlingua mining district in Texas. The holotype material has been deposited in the
Report (volume)
DIRECTOR 4:05 THE MERCURY MINERALS FROM TERLINGUA, TEXAS BY W. F. HILLEBRAND AND W. T. SCHALLER WASHINGTON........................................... 11 Calomel..................................................crystals.......................................... Calomel.............................................................. Calomel crystal... . ............................................. Calomel crystal... .......... .i .. Calomel crystal 2 ......... .\ ................................... Calomel crystal 4 ..
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
area around Glass Mountain near the ModocSiskiyou county line. Also of minor importance is the extension...deposits of southeastern Oregon into northern Modoc County. Ultramafic rocks, largely altered to serpentine... Trinity River, Trinity County at the High Plateau mine in Del Norte County, and kammererite (clinochlore)...(clinochlore), as at the Veta Grande mine in Siskiyou County. The ultramafics also host occurrences of the...such as that at Happy Camp in western Siskiyou County. More importantly, the ultramafics are the source
Report (issue)
a short article on California diamonds. Amador County: A few small stones have been picked up near the...the towns of Volcano, Oleta and Fiddletown. Butte County: In 1853 it was observed that diamonds occurred..."Wliite Rock canyon and at Smith's Flat. Fresno County Small diamonds are reported to have been found...found a few miles north of Coalinga. Nevada County A 1-^ carat stone was found at French Corral. Siskiyou...El Dorado County Forest Hill. About : sixty have been : : : Bar. Trinit}^ County : INIicroscopic
Report (issue)
OF MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES ALLANITE Inyo County: 1, Coarse grained allanite occurs in a pegmatite...quadrangle, McAllister (4) p. 52. Los Angeles County: Additional reference, Patchick (2) p. 237. This...diagrams. 1, AMPHIBOLES ACTINOLITE San Bernardino County: 3, Additional Wrightwood, reported by Berkholz...locality in alluvium, near 21. HORNBLENDE Inyo County: 1, In large prismatic crystals up to 2.5 inches...Panamint Range, McAllister (4) p. 52. San Bernardino County: 2, Pargasite variety of hornblende occurs in coarsely
Report (issue)
observed in the gold gravels at Cherokee, Butte County, and this locality, became the most noted one in...short articles on California diamonds. A Amador County: few small stones have been picked up near the...towns of Volcano, Oleta and Fiddleto^vn. Butte County: In 1853 it was observed that diamonds occurred...Thompson Flat, two miles north of Oroville. El Dorado County: A diamond weighing 1| carats was found at Forest...in White Rock canyon and at Smith's Flat. Fresno County: Small diamonds are reported to have been found
Report (issue)
commercial borates. Lawsonite, first found in Marin county in 1895, has proved to be of great petrographic...nickel telluride, melonite, found in Calaveras County in 1867. New minerals and new mineral this is ...products. The gem-bearing pegmatites of San Diego County have aroused special masses, interest. Many ...short articles on California diamonds. A Amador County: few small stones have been picked up near the...recently, one of 21 carats near Plymouth. ; Butte County: In 1853 it was observed that diamonds occurred
Journal (issue)
September-October 201✓ Mineral Collections in Texas A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September-October...those found in neighboring Arizona and New Mexico; Texas is oil country, and many fortunes have been made... but all are worthy of study and appreciation. Texas collections generally tend tobe very broad in scope...collecting in Texas today has already been weil demonstrated by the Mineralogical Record's first Texas supplement...minerals that are preserved in Texas collections. Presented here in the second Texas supplement are another 811
Catalog/List
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