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


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Chalcedony, etc.

Clear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA
03349760017371991146256.jpg
Chalcedony, etc.

Clear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA
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Chalcedony, etc.

Clear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA
Locality type:Claim
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Chalcedony
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cinnabar5
Melanophlogite4
Edgarbaileyite2
Montroydite2
Quartz1
Native Mercury1
Eglestonite1
Wattersite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcedony data
Locality Data:Click here to view Clear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:173182
Long-form Identifier:1:3:173182:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcedony
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
23.4km (14.5 miles) ⓘEl Cajon Mine (Clough Mine; Gough Mine; Mathews Mine), Buck Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
34.6km (21.5 miles) ⓘPanoche Hills, Fresno County, California, USA
55.0km (34.2 miles) ⓘPatriquin Mine (Cholame-Parkfield Mine; Paloma Mining Company; Franciscan Mine; Pitts Mine), Parkfield, Monterey County, California, USA
78.8km (48.9 miles) ⓘComstock Mine, Pacheco Peak, Stayton Mining District (McLeod Mining District; Panoche Mining District), Santa Clara County, California, USA
86.2km (53.5 miles) ⓘKlau Mine (Sierra Morena Mine; Karl Mine; Santa Cruz Mine; Sunderland Mine; Carson Mine), Klau Mine group, Adelaida, Adelaide Mining District (Adelaide Klau Mining District), Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
88.4km (55.0 miles) ⓘCambria Mine (Bank Mine; Red Hill workings; La Trinidad Mine), Cambria, Cambria-Oceanic Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
93.8km (58.3 miles) ⓘBlack Mountain area, Cambria, Cambria-Oceanic Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
96.2km (59.8 miles) ⓘMoonstone Beach, Cambria, Cambria-Oceanic Mining District, Santa Lucia Mts (Santa Lucia Range), San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
References
Erd, Richard C., Bonardi, Maurizio, Criddle, Alan J., Roberts, Andrew C., Page, Yvon Le, Gabe, Eric J. (1993) Edoylerite Hg2+3Cr6+O4S2 a new mineral from the Clear Creek Claim, San Benito County, California. The Mineralogical Record, 24 (6) 471-475
Weiß, Stefan (1994) Neue Mineralien [New Minerals]. Lapis, 19 (12). 40-42
 
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