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Cinnabar from
Oat Hill Mines, Aetna Springs, East Mayacmas Mining District, Napa County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cinnabar
Formula:HgS
Comments:Occurs as veins and veinlets with minor metacinnabar and mercury in Franciscan sandstone, shale of the Great Valley sequence and serpentine.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Native Mercury
Pyrite
Serpentine Subgroup
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cinnabar data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oat Hill Mines, Aetna Springs, East Mayacmas Mining District, Napa County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:642995
Long-form Identifier:1:3:642995:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cinnabar
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘOat Hill Extension Mine (Anderson Mine), Aetna Springs, East Mayacmas Mining District, Napa County, California, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘCalistoga Hot Springs, Napa County, California, USA
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘCorona Mines (Vallejo Mines), Twin Peaks, Calistoga, Napa County, California, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘValley Mine (Lidell Mine), Pope Valley, East Mayacmas Mining District, Napa County, California, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘIvanhoe Mine (Mount St. Helena Mine; Patten Mine), Calistoga Hot Springs, Napa County, California, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘTwin Peaks Mine, Twin Peaks, Calistoga, Napa County, California, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘGranada Mine (Switzer Mine; Toyon Mine), Aetna Springs, East Mayacmas Mining District, Napa County, California, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘCavagnaro prospect, Calistoga Hot Springs, Napa County, California, USA
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘJames Creek placer (Patten claims), James Creek, Aetna Springs, East Mayacmas Mining District, Napa County, California, USA
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘAetna Mine, Aetna Springs, East Mayacmas Mining District, Napa County, California, USA
References
Slowey, A.J., Rytuba, J.J., Hothem, R.L., May, J.T., 2001, Mercury at the Oat Hill Extension Mine and James Creek, Napa County, California: Tailings, sediment, water, and biota, 2003-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1132, 60 p.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
 
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