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Realgar from
Skaggs Springs Mine, Skaggs Springs, Warm Springs Dam, Coast Range, Sonoma County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Realgar
Formula:As4S4
Comments:Occurs as small, prismatic crystals in cracks and interstices of sandstone.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Idrialite4 photos of Realgar associated with Idrialite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Realgar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Skaggs Springs Mine, Skaggs Springs, Warm Springs Dam, Coast Range, Sonoma County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:679417
Long-form Identifier:1:3:679417:0
GUID (UUID V4):ab8c5ca1-72d0-4945-9ed9-a691b1c54eb1
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
42 c = 27.75 Z=4 X-ray Powder Pattern: Idrija mine, Slovenia. 4.94 (100), 3.40 (80), 4.04 (60), 2.48...formed by pyrolysis of organic material near hot springs or by hydrothermal fluids. Association: Cinnabar...“clay” (Idrija mine, Slovenia); metacinnabar, realgar, “opal” (Skaggs Springs, California, USA). Distribution:...(Idria) mercury mine, 38 km west of Ljubljana, northwestern Slovenia. In the USA, in California, at Skaggs...Skaggs Springs, Sonoma Co.; from the Great Western, Mirabel, Helen, and Research mines, Lake Co.; in the Knoxville
Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 1952 136 SUPPLEMENT DIVISION OF...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO 1952 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA SUPPLEMENT TO BULLETIN By Joseph Murdoch •...Bulletin 136 and Supplement No. 1 Descriptions of California minerals and mineral localities Bibliography...Bulletin 136, the current revision of Minerals of California was published, it was planned to issue, from...inspection and use. The amount of new literature on California minerals, and the number of new-found occurrences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
West Florida] at 23:45 31 December 2014 Realgar Jiepaiyu Mine, Shimen, Hunan Province, China T here...now appropriate to discuss its sister species, realgar, one of the most intensely red of all minerals...unusual sources. When occurring in good specimens, realgar is relatively easy to recognize because of its...welldeveloped cleavage on {101}, {100}, {120}, and {110}. Realgar is monoclinic (2/m) and occurs in variably striated...incrustations and inclusions in other minerals. Realgar is simple arsenic sulfide (AsS). Published chemical
Report (issue)
Cinnabar, mercury, wurtzite, stibnite, marcasite, realgar, calcite, barite, “chalcedony”, hydrocarbons. Distribution:...principal ore mineral. In the USA, in California, in the Redington mine [TL] and other properties, near...the Ryne mine, Mt. Diablo, Contra Costa Co.; from New Almaden, Santa Clara Co.; at Skaggs Springs, Sonoma
Journal (issue)
........ 307 PYROMORPHITE FROM THE LITTLE GIANT MINE, IDAHO. By Charles O. Fer11q11ist ...................................................... 312 SKAGGS SPRINGS CURTISJTE. By T. Orchard Lisle ..............RECORD HOLE. By O,nar Cavins .. 316 PEQUEA SILVER MINE OF PENN . ....................................................................... 324 BURRA BURRA MINE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA ...............................got my first pass and went around inquiring for mine,;, quarries, etc. I didn't have much luck a'ld had
Journal (volume)
MAR1 v* 1950 STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY...off California and Mexico 7 Geology Along the Electra and West Point Tunnels, Amador County, California...23 County, California Geology of the Placerita Oil Field, Perlite Deposits in Sonoma County, Mines... Los Angeles County, California of California Sonoma County, 43 81 83 California of the State...FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO _ 143 STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
spring area of the Franciscan formation at Skaggs Springs, inflammable gasesare given off in small quantities...mineral t'ere observed by Mr. L. Curtis of Skaggs Springs;he in turn showedthem to one of us (Allen)...associated with opaline silica, arsenic sulfide as realgar, and mercuric sulfide as metacinnabarite' The relations...periods of deposition overlapped considerably. Realgar occurs in the usual small prismatic, red to orange-red...found only sporadically and then in clusters. Both realgar and metacinnabarite are subordinate in amount to
Journal (issue)
between Tuxedo Park and Greenwood Lake, Orange County, N. Y., has been placed with the Alexander Summer...among which are the Augusta, Bering, Brennan, California (Upper and Lower) , Crawford, Cook, Crossway...Sterlington, N . Y . Only one mine at that time was in operation, the Lake Mine ; the Scott Miine was being...being developed while the Cook Mine was being prospected. The Lake Mine, which is completely under Sterling...the largest of them all ; the adjacent Sterling Mine has been so completely obliterated on the surface
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town kept...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Mircur deposits. Introduction Springs, Nevada; Boiling Springs, Idaho; Sulfur Tr•E relationships...epithermalore deposits Bank, Amedee Springs, and Skaggs Springs, Caliwith hot springshavebeenreviewedby...in all of them. However, only a few brinesin California,the hot brinesand precipitates examplesof gold...pre- sinters are available, e.g., at Steamboat Springs, cipitatesfrom the East Pacific Rise. Although...sulfidesby the occurrence of cinnabar,metacinnabar, hot springs; mineralogyof the veins and altered stibnite,orpiment
Book (edition)
LIBRARY 3 1111 01599 4096 Rocks and Minerals of California THIRD REVISED EDITION NATUREGRAPH PUBLISHERS...LIBRARY GA BAPAEL CALIFORALA Rocks and Minerals of California THIRD REVISED EDITION Color Photographs W...greatly indebted to Dr. Gordon Oakeshott of the California State Division of Mines for his kind examination... Mrs. Eleanor M. Learned, who worked for the California Division of Mines and Geology, for looking over...Lactic ialiv ess Winib baie A wa ar Minerals of California................. 02... OTST TSS IGE Ee a, I RS
Book
MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
Book
7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
Book (edition)
Woodland, Calif. ROCKS AND MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA SECOND REVISED By Vinson Brown EDITION and...Sie clos foe, ote 6 oS) oe teens Key to Common California Minerals .............. Some Rarer Minerals of....... Rocks California A Brief History of +++++--..........Rocks Key to Common California Photographs...Photographs in Color of California Rocks and Minerals ... Maps of California Rock and Mineral Distribution ....... Printing California Company INTRODUCTION A GLORIOUS STATE The state of California is blessed with
Journal (issue)
of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ..................... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey, M....Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
Report (issue)
saline and acid mine waters ______ _ Other nonthermal acid mineral waters ________ _ Springs with large spring...with volcanism________ 19. Acid sulfate-chloride springs in volcanic environments and crater lakes_____...do not balance exactly. Rates of discharge of springs are stated in U.S. gallons per minute (gpm). One...aquifers throughout the world. Rocks of this group range in chemical composition from almost pure silica...deep, a short distance east of the city of Hot Springs, Ark. (analysis 2), is slightly thermal and has
Book (volume)
..........................................49 California ..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ......................................................................22 Arizona County Map ..................................................................45 Arizona – Yuma Co. Hull Mine Site Map ......................................
Report (volume)
well-known physiographic areas (e. g. Appalachians, Gulf Coast). Examples of geographic headings are: Alabama,...Carpenter, J. T.; Dake 1 Ta^elte, Clear Creok. California : Inman W. U. Maryland, Wllliamsite; murmonai...Studies. Indianapolis, Ind. Calif. Acad. Sci. Proc. California Academy of Sciences Proceedings. San Francisco...Dept. Nat. Res., Div. Mines Bull.; Spec. Rpt. California Department of. Natural Resources, Division of...Calif. Dept. Public Works, Water Res. Div. Bull. California Department of Public Works, Water Resources Division
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Book (volume)
..........................................39 California ...............................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...pegmatites and ore-bearing veins. Prior to the California gold rush of 1849, this portion of Alabama experienced...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT. Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1939 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 70803 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 DIVISION OF MINES...Field District 8 Miner al Resources of San Diego County 56 GEOLOGIC BRANCH 56 Current Notes Geology...San Diego County— 71) SPECIAL ARTICLES The Prospect for 'Minor Metals' The Right Mine to ADMINISTRATIVE
Journal (issue)
...................... 122 123 FRANCONIA IRON MINE, LISBON, N . H . By Harold / . V errow 136 SOUTH...desperate efforts to tell us something about an old mine in North Carolina that had been reopened not so...suggesting that we try to get an article on the mine (worked for magnesium and 124 nickel) for Rocks...of Ceylon (the large island off the southeastern coast of India) , cou!d produce a paper verifying he was...specimen of this lead sulphate was from the Bage Mine, Cromford, D erbyshire, England, and it, too, was
Book (edition)
Brazil, H Page 13: Gold, 35 mm.Eagle's est Mine, California, G Publi!>hed by Grdllit.u.o. Stefanikova43...abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Rice, Dolores co., both Colorado, at the Questa mine, Taos co., New 1994. Abernathyite K2[(UOJ 2l(AsO_J2]•6HzO
 
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