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Metacinnabar from
Reed Mine (California Mine; Royal Mine; Soda Springs Mine), Knoxville area, Knoxville Mining District, Coast Ranges, Yolo County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Metacinnabar
Formula:HgS
Comments:Occurs as massive and crystalline material. Abundant in the early days of mining here (1870-1880) as the principal ore mineral.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metacinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Reed Mine (California Mine; Royal Mine; Soda Springs Mine), Knoxville area, Knoxville Mining District, Coast Ranges, Yolo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:336132
Long-form Identifier:1:3:336132:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Metacinnabar
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘMcLaughlin Mine (Manhattan Mine), Knoxville, Knoxville Mining District, Napa County, California, USA
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘRedington Mine (Boston Mine; Knoxville Mine; Excellsior Mine), Knoxville, Knoxville Mining District, Napa County, California, USA
14.0km (8.7 miles) ⓘBaker Mine, Lower Lake, Sulphur Creek Mining District (Sulfur Creek Mining District; Wilbur Springs Mining District), Lake County, California, USA
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘAbbott Mine (Abbott Quicksilver Mine), Wilbur Springs area, Sulphur Creek Mining District (Sulfur Creek Mining District; Wilbur Springs Mining District), Lake County, California, USA
19.9km (12.4 miles) ⓘManzanita Mine, Cherry Hill deposit, Wilbur Springs, Sulphur Creek Mining District (Sulfur Creek Mining District; Wilbur Springs Mining District), Coast Ranges, Colusa County, California, USA
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘOat Hill Mines, Aetna Springs, East Mayacmas Mining District, Napa County, California, USA
26.0km (16.2 miles) ⓘAetna Mine, Aetna Springs, East Mayacmas Mining District, Napa County, California, USA
26.2km (16.3 miles) ⓘCorona Mines (Vallejo Mines), Twin Peaks, Calistoga, Napa County, California, USA
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘMirabel Mine, Middletown, East Mayacmas Mining District, Lake County, California, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘGreat Western Mine (Laguna Western; Black Bart Mine; Tucker lease), Great Western-Mirabel group, Middletown, East Mayacmas Mining District, Lake County, California, USA
References
Hanks, Henry Garber (1884), Fourth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 4, 410 pp.: 261
Hanks, Henry Garber (1886), Sixth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. Report 6 part 1, 145 pp.: 122
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 263
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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