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Cinnabar from
St. Johns Mine (St. John Mine; Vallejo Mine; St. Johns Quicksilver Mine), Sulfur Springs Mountain, Vallejo, Solano County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Comments:Occurs in fine-grained silica-carbonate rock near a contact of serpentine and sediments of the Great Valley sequence.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Marcasite
Serpentine Subgroup
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view St. Johns Mine (St. John Mine; Vallejo Mine; St. Johns Quicksilver Mine), Sulfur Springs Mountain, Vallejo, Solano County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:334757
Long-form Identifier:1:3:334757:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
3.6km (2.2 miles) Brownlie Mine (Brownlie property), Sulfur Springs Mountain, Vallejo, Solano County, California, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) Hastings Mine, Sulfur Springs Mountain, Vallejo, Solano County, California, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) Borges prospect, Sulfur Springs Mountain, Vallejo, Solano County, California, USA
29.5km (18.4 miles) Cragmont Mine, Cragmont, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA
38.2km (23.7 miles) Bella Oak Mine (Belle Oak Mine; Oakville Mine; Bella Union Mine), Oakville, Oakville Mining District, Napa County, California, USA
38.2km (23.8 miles) Gaul Mine, Novato, Marin County, California, USA
38.7km (24.1 miles) Mount Diablo Mine, Mount Diablo (Mt Diablo), Clayton, Contra Costa County, California, USA
39.1km (24.3 miles) Mazza prospect (Mazza Ranch prospect), Novato, Marin County, California, USA
39.6km (24.6 miles) Summit Mine, Oakville, Oakville Mining District, Napa County, California, USA
40.2km (25.0 miles) La Joya Mine, Oakville, Oakville Mining District, Napa County, California, USA
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