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Cinnabar from
Farm Hill No. 2 Mine (Emerald Lake Mine; Upper Emerald Lake deposit; Farm Hill Cinnabar property), Redwood City, San Mateo County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Comments:Occurs in vugs in silica-carbonate rock.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Metacinnabar
Native Mercury
Terlinguaite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calomel2
Native Mercury2
Magnesiochromite2
Eglestonite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Farm Hill No. 2 Mine (Emerald Lake Mine; Upper Emerald Lake deposit; Farm Hill Cinnabar property), Redwood City, San Mateo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:535666
Long-form Identifier:1:3:535666:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘChallenge deposit, Redwood City, San Mateo County, California, USA
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘSharon Park Drive outcrop, Sharon Heights, Menlo Park, San Mateo County, California, USA
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘUnnamed Hg occurrence [4], El Corte de Madera Rancho, Portola Valley, San Mateo County, California, USA
37.9km (23.5 miles) ⓘUnnamed Hg occurrence [1], Divisadero Street near McAllister Street, Lower Haight neighborhood, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
39.2km (24.4 miles) ⓘHillsdale Mine (Chaboya-Hillsdale Mine; San Juan Bautista Mine; San Juan Mine; San Juan Quicksilver Mine; Sheboya Mine; Chapman Mine; Oak Hill Mine), Oak Hill, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘGuadalupe Mine, New Almaden, New Almaden Mining District, Santa Clara County, California, USA
41.7km (25.9 miles) ⓘSenator Mine (El Senador), New Almaden, New Almaden Mining District, Santa Clara County, California, USA
43.2km (26.8 miles) ⓘSan Antonio Mine, New Almaden, New Almaden Mining District, Santa Clara County, California, USA
43.5km (27.0 miles) ⓘSan Mateo Mine, New Almaden, New Almaden Mining District, Santa Clara County, California, USA
44.5km (27.6 miles) ⓘBrainard occurrence (James Ranch occurrence), New Almaden, New Almaden Mining District, Santa Clara County, California, USA
References
Davis, Fenelon Francis (1955), Mines and mineral resources of San Mateo County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 51(4): 414-415
Holmes, Jr., G.W. (1965), Mercury in California: in: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8252: 127
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 150, 260, 262, 362.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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