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Metacinnabar 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:Metacinnabar
Formula:HgS
Comments:Occurs in vugs in silica-carbonate rock.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Cinnabar
Native Mercury
Terlinguaite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metacinnabar 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:535667
Long-form Identifier:1:3:535667:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Metacinnabar
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘChallenge deposit, Redwood City, San Mateo County, California, USA
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘGuadalupe Mine, New Almaden, New Almaden Mining District, Santa Clara County, California, USA
47.6km (29.6 miles) ⓘNew Almaden Mine (New Almaden Mines), New Almaden, New Almaden Mining District, Santa Clara County, California, USA
56.1km (34.9 miles) ⓘMount Diablo Mine, Mount Diablo (Mt Diablo), Clayton, Contra Costa County, California, USA
58.3km (36.2 miles) ⓘPerkins Canyon prospect [2] (Prospects in Perkins Canyon), North Peak, Mount Diablo (Mt Diablo), Clayton, Contra Costa County, California, USA
73.9km (45.9 miles) ⓘHastings Mine, Sulfur Springs Mountain, Vallejo, Solano 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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