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Cinnabar from
Cerro Bonito Mine (Mathews Mine), Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Comments:Occurs disseminated in fault breccia and silica-carbonate rock.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Metacinnabar
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cerro Bonito Mine (Mathews Mine), Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:331545
Long-form Identifier:1:3:331545:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘBitter Water Mine, Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
5.1km (3.1 miles) ⓘEl Cajon Mine (Clough Mine; Gough Mine; Mathews Mine), Buck Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
5.7km (3.6 miles) ⓘParker-Carlson Mine, Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘMitchell Mine (Henry Stewart Mine), Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘYturriarte Mine, Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘValley View Mine (Panoche Mine), Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘLone Oak Mine (Panoche Valley Quicksilver Mines Company), Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘEl Rey Mine (Ely Rey Mine; Ely Ray), Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘLucky Strike Mine (Pico Rico Mine), Llanada, Central San Benito Mining District, San Benito County, California, USA
7.5km (4.7 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
References
Yates, Robert G. & Lowell S. Hilpert (1945), Quicksilver deposits of central San Benito and northwestern Fresno Counties, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division of Mines (Report 41): 41: 11-35
Holmes, Jr., G.W. (1965), Mercury in California: in: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8252: 138-144
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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