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Metacinnabar from
Clear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA


Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Metacinnabar
Formula:HgS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cinnabar3 photos of Metacinnabar associated with Cinnabar at this locality.
Mercury2 photos of Metacinnabar associated with Mercury at this locality.
Quartz2 photos of Metacinnabar associated with Quartz at this locality.
Opal2 photos of Metacinnabar associated with Opal at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metacinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Clear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:30121
Long-form Identifier:1:3:30121:9
GUID (UUID V4):e2919dcb-8eb4-4073-9cc7-bcec83f21c18
Nearest other occurrences of Metacinnabar
4.9km (3.1 miles) Flint group, Picacho Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) Picacho Mine (Ramirez Consolidated Mine; Picachos Mine; Los Picachos Mine; Picahotes Mine; Benta Mine; Hernandez Mine; Ramirez Mine; Bonanza Mine), Picacho Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) New Idria Mine (New Idria group; New Hope vein), Idria (New Idria), San Benito County, California, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) Molina Mine, Idria (New Idria), San Benito County, California, USA
7.1km (4.4 miles) San Carlos Mine (New Idria-San Carlos Mine), Idria (New Idria), San Benito County, California, USA
18.2km (11.3 miles) Archer Mine, Archer Camp, Fresno County, California, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) Lea-Grant Mine (Lea Grant Mine; Toothache Mine; Wild Turkey Mine; Juniper Mine; Jupiter Mine), Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
26.9km (16.7 miles) Cerro Bonito Mine (Mathews Mine), Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
31.9km (19.8 miles) Valley View Mine (Panoche Mine), Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
39.0km (24.3 miles) Butts Mine (Butts Quicksilver Mine; IXL Mine), San Benito, San Benito County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
species exemplify principles of mineral evolution. Metacinnabar (HgS) and native Hg are the only two species...other Hg halide-sulfides, and HgS4 tetrahedra in metacinnabar and hypercinnabar (the wurtzite and sphalerite...Hypercinnabar HgS KG02, ZA02, US-CA01, US-NV06 2900 0 Metacinnabar HgS >220 known localities: AT02, AT05, GE01...volcanic activity. New Almadén and New Idria in California, the largest Hg mining districts in North America...to 0 Ma) hydrothermal systems of west-central California. This important mining district, including the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Even though California is known as the “Golden State, ” it could also...the Tourmaline State, or the Colemanite State. California is, in fact, one of the world’s greatest sources...localities, the reader is encouraged to consult the “California Locality Index” (Kampf et al. 1989). The bibliography...great deal from the many publications of the California Division of Mines and Geology. The most valuable...tool for finding information on older mines in California is the Consolidated Index of Publications, Division
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino... 317 by B. Cairncross The Clear Creek mine, San Benito County, California: A unique mercury locality...*Continued on p. 392 Nifontovite from Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...The Sulfur Hole, Calico District, San Bernardino County, California. Axis, volume 1, number 5, pages 1–14...Klein Spitzkoppe is a granite inselberg (“island mountain”) located in southern Damaraland, Namibia, 110
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hg1+3(CO3)(OH)•2H2O, FROM THE CLEAR CREEK CLAIM, SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA ANDREW C. ROBERTS§ Geological...Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, U.S.A. ELIZABETH A. MOFFATT Canadian...long-abandoned Clear Creek mercury mine, New Idria district, San Benito County, California. The mineral...infrared-absorption data, Clear Creek claim, San Benito County, California. § * E-mail address: aroberts@nrcan...mercure de Clear Creek, abondonnée depuis fort longtemps, dans le district de New Idria, comté de San Benito
Report (issue)
725(3) Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Clear Creek claim, California, USA. 2.648 (100), 2.969 (70), 2.786 (70)... (2) 6.16 87.54 6.30 100.00 (1) Clear Creek claim, California, USA; by electron microprobe, average...magnesite, cinnabar, metacinnabar, mercury, Distribution: From near the Clear Creek mercury mine, New Idria...Idria district, San Benito Co., California, USA. Name: Honoring Dr. Peter Bayliss (1936– ), Professor...new mineral species from the Clear Creek claim, San Benito Co., California. Can. Mineral., 33, 47–53. (2)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(OH)]2O3—A new mineral from the Clear Creek claim, San Benito County, California: Description and crystal structure...Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025 (Received 9 August 1995; accepted 22 October...long-abandoned Clear Creek mercury mine, New Idria district, San Benito County, California. It was found...electron-microprobe data, reflectance data, Clear Creek claim, San Benito County, California J. D. Hanawalt 45 Powder...the long-abandoned Clear Creek mercury mine, New Idria district, San Benito County, Calfornia (lat. 36°22'59"N
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralogy of The New Idria District San Benito and Fresno Counties, California WILLIAM S. WISE and Downloaded...Geological Sciences University of California Santa Barbara, California 93106 THE NEW IDRIA DISTRICT is...segment of the California Coast Ranges lying between the San Joaquin Valley and the San Andreas fault...one of the more productive mercury deposits in California. Through the approximately I~year life of the...side of the San Joaquin Valleyand in the southern part is bounded on the west by the San Andreas fault
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A NEW MINERAL FROM THE CLEAR CREEK MINE, SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, USA: DESCRIPTION AND CRYSTAL...mineral from the Clear Creek mine, New Idria mining district, San Benito County, California, USA. It is orthorhombic...only (Hg-N-I)-bearing minerals discovered at Clear Creek to date and are closely associated; gaildunningite...Hg–N bond-valence parameters, Clear Creek mine, San Benito County, California. DEDICATION This work is dedicated...(1937–2017). INTRODUCTION The Clear Creek mine, San Benito County, California, USA, has been an abundant source
Journal (issue)
$315/three years, (Canada) $180/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription (individuals...structures including the headframes of the San Joaquin, San Aquilino and San Teodoro shafts, the former mineralogy...19th centuries and highlighting the old 80-meter San Andrés shaft with its preserved horse-powered winch...sentenced to forced labor in the underground mines. The San Rafael Mining Hospital. The hospital, constructed...rates of illness and death among the miners. The San Rafael Hospital was the most advanced medical facility
Journal (issue)
S2 , a new mineral from the Clear Creek claim, San Benito County, California ............. 471 by R. C...Leonard Bourget 1636 11th Street Santa Monica, California 90404 Tel: (213) 450-6556 FAX: (213) 450-2201...Suite 306, 6331 FairIT1:ont Ave. El Cerrito, California 94530 Cal Graeber Minerals Cal and Kerith Graeber...Graeber P.O. Box 47 Fallbrook, California 92028 Tel: (619) 723-9292 By Appointment Only The Gemmary Rare...John and Dolores Kassionas P.O. Box 578 Alviso, California 95002 Tel: (408) 263-7784 Galas Minerals Chris
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Edgarbaileyite, the first known silicate of mercury, from California and Texas .....................................Schacht (who was bom Horace Greele} Schacht in the USA), President of the German Reichsbank. In du< course...found in low-grade metamorphic rocks produced by mountain building. The crucial characteristic of the environment... ORIGIN OF FADEN STRUCTURE During episodes of mountain building in which the dominant tec­ tonic forces...Crack-healing quartz Lines indicate c-axis direction I Clear quartz overgrowths on the faden 7 Redrawn with
Journal (issue)
Hg3+Cr6+0 4S2, a new mineral from the Clear Creek claim, San Benito County, C alifornia......................Leonard Bourget 1636 11th Street Santa Monica, California 90404 Tel: (213) 450-6556 FAX: (213) 450-2201...Frazier Suite 306, 6331 Fairmont Ave. El Cerrito, California 94530 Cal Graeber Minerals Cal and Kerith Graeber...Graeber P.O. Box 47 Fallbrook, California 92028 Tel: (619) 723-9292 By A ppointm ent Only The Gemmary...John and Dolores Kassionas P.O. Box 578 Alviso, California 95002 Tel: (408) 263-7784 Galas Minerals Chris
Journal (issue)
Hg4+1Hg+2Cr+6Oe, a new mineral from the Clear Creek claim, San Benito County, California ............269 by A. C. Roberts...his life). He specialized in minerals from the California Coast Ranges; these constituted about 80-90%...quarry in Mendocino County, California. He brought the minerals to Bill Nisson (California Division of Mines...area to be responsible for (as, for example, a county or state museum), but there would be no particular...by participating in it? Let me make it perfectly clear that I am supportive of mineral specimen marketing
Book
variety amethyst, sceptre habit, Denny Mountain, King County, Washington, U.S.A. / Photo by Ken Mayer...accurate sources and public-service announcements clear explanations of the name in The Canadian of each...organic geochemistry. Green River Formation, Uinta County, Utah, U.S.A. Trudell, L.C. (1970): Lithologic...Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. McDonald, AM. & Chao, G.Y. (1994):...Abernathy, operator of the Fumerole mine, Emery County, Utah, U.S.A., who found the first braunite. Mount
Book (edition)
Sharon Cisneros: Minerological Research Co., San Jose, California. Andrew M. Clark: Dept. of Mineralogy, Natural...Currier: Jewel Tunnel Imports, Baldwin Park, California. Stanley Dyl: Seaman Mineralogical Museum, Michigan...Canada. Richard C. Erd: U.S.G.S., Menlo Park, California. Howard T. Evans: U.S.G.S., Reston, Virginia...Claren N. (‘‘Si’’) and Ann Frazier: Berkeley, California. Carl Francis: Mineralogical Museum, Harvard...Paris, France. Legrand A. Gould: Pebble Beach, California. George E. Harlow: Dept. of Min. Sci., American
Book (edition)
File, 1601 Park Lane. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA. Introduction This volume is the third edition...tal if req uired grammatically , if the name has clear Germanic origins o r i f a specific index en t ry...Green River Formation in (TL) Uintah Co .. Utah. USA. Named for P.H. Abelson. 20.7.3 AbernalhJile. K(U00As0...26 A. Z=4 [PDF 1 6-386]. (TL) Temple Mts. Utah. USA. Named for J . Abernathy. Abhurite. S n 30(0HhCl...Sun,. \ler111011t, I . 484. (TL} Derby. Vermont. USA. G. Brush ( 1 862) Amer. J. Sci. 34. 2 1 6. classed
Book
rosenhahnite Ca3(H2Si3O10) from Russian River basin, California, USA (d). The spectra were obtained by N.V. Chukanov...South Dakota, USA (b), and garyansellite [nominally, Mg2Fe3+(PO4) (OH)·2H2O] from Rapid Creek area, Yukon...single-crystal FTIR spectrum of pollucite from Maine, USA shows that this mineral also contains CO2 molecules...minerals. In melanophlogite from Mt. Hamilton, California, USA the occupancy factor of the CH4 site in the...zirconosilicate or as carbonatosilicate. Mountain County Infrared Density Measured density Calculated
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Hall Inc., 29 West 35th Street, New York NY10001, USA Chapman & Hall Japan, Thomson Publishing Japan, Hirakawacho...the UK, David Vaughan (Manchester); and from the USA, Pete Dunn (Washington) and Ben Leonard (Denver)...band theories, providing, amongst other things, a clear explanation of the variation in colour and reflectance...and related to From the afore-mentioned, it is clear that it would be superfluous to attempt to repeat...27-30 27-30 Trevorite Hemusite (antimonian) Metacinnabar Canfieldite Permingeatite AggGeS, Cu,(Sb)Se
Book (edition)
the UK, David Vaughan (Manchester); and from the USA, Pete Dunn (Washington) and Ben Leonard (Denver)...band theories, providing, amongst other things, a clear explanation of the variation in colour and reflectance...expressed by Peckett. From the afore-mentioned, it is clear that it would be superfluous to attempt to repeat...25 25 25 25-25 25-28 Hemusite (antimonian) Metacinnabar Can/ie/dife Argyrodite Permingeatite Cu,C~SnMoSg...Mackinawite (nickelian) Hemusite (antimonian) Metacinnabar HgS AgFe2S3 (Fe,Ni)9S8 CU4Cu2SnMoS8 HgS 99
 
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