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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° North , 120° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~6km
Mindat Locality ID:
225002
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:225002:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A group of Hg mines.

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13 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Bieberite
Formula: Co2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
Description: Occurs as an alteration product of linnaeite.
Cinnabar
Formula: HgS
Description: Small crystals occur sparingly perched on marcasite needles, mainly in kaolinized clay with metacinnabar.
Epsomite
Formula: MgSO4 · 7H2O
Description: Occurs as an alteration product with other sulphates.
Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Linnaeite
Formula: Co2+Co3+2S4
Description: Occurs as isometric micro-crystals in fractured vein quartz, altering to bieberite.
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Description: Occurs as sheaves of slender crystals in chalcedony vugs with occasional cinnabar crystals perched on millerite needles.
Melanterite
Formula: Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
Metacinnabar
Formula: HgS
Description: Occurs principally in kaolinized clay with cinnabar.
Millerite
Formula: NiS
Description: Occurs as sheaves of slender crystals with small, euhedral cinnabar crystals in vugs in gouge breccia.
Morenosite
Formula: NiSO4 · 7H2O
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
Siegenite ?
Formula: CoNi2S4
Colour: Deep apple-green (?)

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Metacinnabar2.CB.05aHgS
Millerite2.CC.20NiS
Cinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
Linnaeite2.DA.05Co2+Co3+2S4
Siegenite ?2.DA.05CoNi2S4
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz
var. Chalcedony
4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Bieberite7.CB.35Co2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
Melanterite7.CB.35Fe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
Epsomite7.CB.40MgSO4 · 7H2O
Morenosite7.CB.40NiSO4 · 7H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
Kaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H BieberiteCo2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
H EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
H KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
H MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
H MorenositeNiSO4 · 7H2O
OOxygen
O BieberiteCo2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
O KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
O MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
O MorenositeNiSO4 · 7H2O
O QuartzSiO2
MgMagnesium
Mg EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
AlAluminium
Al KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S BieberiteCo2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
S CinnabarHgS
S EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
S LinnaeiteCo2+Co23+S4
S MarcasiteFeS2
S MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
S MetacinnabarHgS
S MilleriteNiS
S MorenositeNiSO4 · 7H2O
S PyriteFeS2
S SiegeniteCoNi2S4
FeIron
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe MelanteriteFe2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
Fe PyriteFeS2
CoCobalt
Co BieberiteCo2+(H2O)6(SO4) · H2O
Co LinnaeiteCo2+Co23+S4
Co SiegeniteCoNi2S4
NiNickel
Ni MilleriteNiS
Ni MorenositeNiSO4 · 7H2O
Ni SiegeniteCoNi2S4
HgMercury
Hg CinnabarHgS
Hg MetacinnabarHgS

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