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Native Mercury from
Chicago Mine (St. Louis Mine; Ural Mine; Pittsburg Mine), Castle Rock Springs, East Mayacmas Mining District, Lake County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Mercury
Formula:Hg
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Mercury data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chicago Mine (St. Louis Mine; Ural Mine; Pittsburg Mine), Castle Rock Springs, East Mayacmas Mining District, Lake County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:328010
Long-form Identifier:1:3:328010:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Mercury
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘHelen Mine (Helen Mine group; Dead Broke Mine; American Mine), Castle Rock Springs, East Mayacmas Mining District, Lake County, California, USA
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘWall Street Mine (Cincinnati Mine; Nevada Mine), Castle Rock Springs, East Mayacmas Mining District, Lake County, California, USA
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘBig Injun Mine, Castle Rock Springs, East Mayacmas Mining District, Lake County, California, USA
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘSocrates Mine, Castle Rock Springs area, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) ⓘSonoma group (Sonoma Consolidated Mine; Old Sonoma; New Sonoma Mine; Crown Point Mine), Pine Flat, Jimtown, Castle Rock Springs area, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘContact Mine (Walker; Queen group), Castle Rock Springs area, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘEureka Mine (Flagstaff Mine), Castle Rock Springs area, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘGreat Western Mine (Laguna Western; Black Bart Mine; Tucker lease), Great Western-Mirabel group, Middletown, East Mayacmas Mining District, Lake County, California, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘRattlesnake Mine, The Geysers, West Mayacmas Mining District, Sonoma County, California, USA
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘMirabel Mine, Middletown, East Mayacmas Mining District, Lake County, California, USA
References
Forstner, William (1903) The Quicksilver Resources of California. Bulletin 27. California State Mining Bureaup.51
Murdoch, Joseph; Webb, Robert Wallace (1966) Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966) - California Division of Mines and Geology, Bulletin 189. California Division of Mines and Geology. 559 pp.
 
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